PUSH*BACK*LASH

PUSH*BACK*LASH acknowledges intersections between gender and other social categories such as disability, sexual orientation, religion, etc. in European societies at all stages of the project (theory formulation, empirical investigation, policy recommendations, and practical interventions). In doing so, the project understands anti-gender discourse as an attack on democracy, justice, and the European Union as a whole. It pursues the objective of studying engendering democratic theories from an intersectional perspective, anti-gender discursive strategies, and backlash tactics. It also engages in assessing strategies for countering anti-gender discourses and strengthening democratic values and practices, taking into account the role played by parties, social media and public opinion, policy recommendations, tools, and solutions for engendering democratic spaces from an intersectional perspective.