Rola kobiet oraz równość płci w świetle założeń programowych Alternatywy dla Niemiec
Social role of women and gender equality in the programming documents of Alternative for Germany (AfD)

Summary/Abstract: The evolution of the political party Alternative for Germany from the Eurosceptic party that emerged from the criticism of the German federal policy during the eurozone crisis, to the right-wing populist group that builds its political capital by promoting anti-immigration and racist slogans, has contributed to determining the party’s attitude towards women, their role in the society and gender equality. The purpose of this article is to present – on the basis of the analysis of the group’s programming documents as well as the political speeches of the party members in the media – how the AfD perceives the role of women in the German society, which model of gender relations it promotes and what its view is on the equality between men and women. Moreover, anattempt was made to answer the question about the appeal of the presented vision to the female electorate. The domination of the national conservative wing in the party caused the group’s allegiance to traditional social roles held by both genders, recognizes family as the highest value and treats women in an objective way, reducing their existence to reproductive and educational functions. The group negates the legislation in terms of implementation of the provisions of the German Basic Law on equality between women and men, as well as the execution of the gender equality policy in accordance with the European Union gender mainstreaming strategy. The migration crisis has also contributed to the political alteration by the group of the topics relevant from the point of view of the female part of the society and using those topics to picture the threat to the national security posed by foreigners with a different culture and religion. Narrative literature from the area under study was reviewed and the methodology of political sciences was employed.

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