Žene i desnica u Srbiji i Evropi
WOMEN AND FAR RIGHT POLITICS IN SERBIA AND EUROPE

Author(s): Lilijana Čičkarić
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Gender Studies, Sociology, EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: women; far right politics; antifeminism; Europe; Serbia
Summary/Abstract: In the programs of the right political parties and public debates, it is mostly discussed only about violence against women, party quotas and the privileges of mothers. Topics such as institutional sexism, the participation of a small number of women in decision-making and management processes, gender pay gap and misogyny in the media and public discourse are almost never mentioned, either in intra-party or in parliamentary debates. Women are tactically positioned on certain “visible” functions, because it “softens and improves” the image of those parties in public. This creates a false image of sensibility for women’s interests, progressive and emancipatory potential, in order to attract a female electorate. Women generally occupy lower positions in party hierarchy and political life, and when delegated for the highest positions in power, they often do not have real political power and are not independent in political decisions-making processes.

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