Right-wing populists are often depicted as angry white men. A new study, however, has found that women are increasingly supporting right-wing populist parties, and they are often more radical than their male peers.

Total of 2981 women from Syria and Kilis gather to collect signature in Turkey’s Kilis on February 2, 2016 to invite German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Turkey’s Kilis for the International Women’s Day (IWD) on March 8, 2016.

Many a time I’ve entertained this intriguing possibility: often, admittedly, as a knee-jerk reaction to the rhetoric of certain male leaders that continues to “shock and awe” us.

Angela Merkel’s decision to again be a candidate for German chancellor presents many new opportunities, says DW’s Kay-Alexander Scholz. She could be the right person to provide an answer to the rising tide of populism.