A global deterioration of progress on women’s rights and democracy is taking the shape of a coordinated and well-funded backlash, as women and citizens all over the world are facing grave challenges and assaults on their freedoms. This backlash is being sustained by movements and funding flows that are ideologically driven, spreading narratives and rhetoric that harden or maintain conservative patriarchal norms to generate anti-feminist, anti-LGBTQI+ and anti-reproductive rights sentiment.
This ALIGN Framing paper lays out how we understand patriarchal gender norms are fuelling anti-feminist forces and driving global authoritarian rollbacks to democracy.
The key messages are:
At the end, the paper gives advice on how to counter these backlash tactics.