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Scientific project focused on constructing a renewed democratic society by providing political actors and civil society with empirical evidence on gender needs.

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📅 Reminder: the #UNTWIST (WP7) survey raw database (microdata) will be open on Zenodo from 31 March (end of embargo). 🔗 Data: 10.5281/zenodo.15083114 📚 All outputs: zenodo.org/search?q=UNTWIST&…
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📊 Explore #UNTWIST interactive infographics & observables (incl. interactive web dashboards): upo.es/investiga/UNTWIST/our… #UNTWIST

INFOGRAPHICS AND VIDEOS - UNTWIST

INFOGRAPHICS As first part of the empirical data analysis of UNTWIST, the project team conducted a cross national meta-literature review of an interdisciplinary collection of 406 articles from...

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🎥 Missed our #UNTWIST event in Brussels (European Parliament)? Watch the full video here: youtube.com/watch?v=PkNdLCHc… #UNTWIST

UNTWIST at the European Parliament | Policy Recommendation Handbook Launch

Is the rise of anti-gender politics a "culture war," or is it a sym...

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📌 In WP10, we organise recommendations by actor level: 🇪🇺 EU/Parliament: push to reform platform design and governance. 🏛️ Institutions: internal training and continuity of initiatives, including researcher safety. 🗣️ Parties/media/NGOs: evidence-based messaging, without mirroring far-right frames.
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📌 In WP10, the literature review was organised around 3 pillars: 1⃣ Disprove (debunk/prebunk misinformation) 2⃣ Co-opt (appropriate or instrumentalise far-right frames; with caution not to legitimise them) 3⃣ Create (build proactive, inclusive narratives).
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🗣️ Recommendations on language & messaging: ✅ Avoid mirroring far-right frames ✅ Use positive affect (humour, empathy) without losing substance ✅ Ground messaging in scientific evidence ✅ Reframe "gender" through concrete issues (health, care, jobs...).
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🔍 What did we do in WP10 of #UNTWIST? We explored how online media tools can help communicate gender-based needs more effectively and empower democratic actors to counter violent and reactionary messages. We combined a literature review with an expert workshop.
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✅ Another WP9 takeaway: many widely supported solutions fall within government remit—regulation, public investment and structural reforms—enabling proactive agenda-setting. To strengthen credibility: clear communication + support and funding to scale participatory formats. #UNTWIST
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✅ Implications: re-centre agendas on healthcare, welfare, jobs and cost of living; improve representation of "losers of globalisation" (with attention to gendered inequalities); and avoid competing on cultural/identitarian terrain, where #RWPP hold an advantage. #UNTWIST
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🔎 Importantly, we find no strong evidence that #RWPP offer better policy solutions to these needs. Their edge seems to lie in articulating blame (mainstream parties, institutions, or out-groups) while others leave strategic gaps unaddressed. #UNTWIST
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⚠️ Key lesson from WP9: in the participatory workshops, the material concerns identified in the focus groups (healthcare, cost of living, jobs...) also emerged as top priorities across different voter profiles and national contexts. #UNTWIST
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✅ What kinds of solutions were proposed? 80% were “political actions”, mostly regulation (44%), followed by higher public spending (25%) and other state interventions (10.7%). #UNTWIST
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📌 What came up most? Workshops focused mainly on material issues: healthcare & welfare, cost of living, labour conditions, and social-media polarisation. #UNTWIST
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🧩 How did we do it? With a shared structure (intro → problems → solutions → wrap-up), adapted to each country. Goal: link everyday challenges to concrete proposals. #UNTWIST
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🔍 What did we do in WP9 of #UNTWIST? We ran participatory citizen-science workshops to co-create recommendations with citizens. In May-June 2025 we held 12 workshops in 6 countries with 101 participants. #UNTWIST
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✅ Key policy implications for mainstream parties and policymakers: 🔹 Acknowledge these gender-related grievances matter (ignoring them opens space for anti-gender narratives). 🔹 Re-engage those who feel "abandoned" without abandoning equality and EU values: dialogue and inclusion.
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✅ More implications: 🔹 Tailored responses: material measures to address GPD + communicative strategies aimed at ‘losers of feminism’. 🔹 Strengthen representation and democratic trust so #RWPP do not monopolise social discontent.
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📊 Gender resentment matters: based on #UNTWIST data, ‘losers of feminism’ stands out as a predictor of support for #RWPP, even when controlling for socio-economic variables and the ‘losers of globalisation’ hypothesis.
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📊 Different grievances, same vote: according to #UNTWIST data, 'losers of feminism' and 'losers of globalisation' show a higher expected probability of voting for #RWPP than for other party families.
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