A comparative analysis of populist party discourses and party programs: evaluating women’s rights and gender equality in Hungary vs Poland and the Netherlands. Populist parties and gender: a human rights approach

Abstract

This paper analysis how the far-right populist parties construct women’s rights and gender equality in Hungary, compared to Poland and the Netherlands. By analyzing party rhetoric, law amendments,cultural and political contexts, this study highlights how far-right populist parties shape women’s issues to further their political agendas. The study discusses the anti-feminist and strategies of Hungary’s Fidesz and Poland’s Law and Justice party, contrasting them with the more progressive yet still far-right populist approach of the Netherlands’ PVV. The analysis reveal that while the far-right parties in Hungary and Poland utilize traditional gender roles to forward their agenda at women's rights and gender equality, the Dutch far-right exploits women’s rights discourse to justify their anti-immigrant sentiments.