Conservative backlash against women's rights in Hungary
Conservative backlash against women’s rights in Hungary 151 By Kinga Rajzak Over the past decade a growing narrative has gained traction in Hungary, calling on women to embrace their fate as homemakers and caretakers as Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the self-appointed defender of Europe’s Christian values has steered the country towards a conservative, in his words “illiberal democracy.” “It is an undisputed truth that the world belongs to those who populate it,” said Laszlo Kover, speaker of the National Assembly in October, as he pleaded with women to follow their calling as moth...