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Global Feminism

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Egyptian Made: Women, Work, and the Promise of Liberation
Workplace Equality Economic Empowerment Global Feminism +4

Egyptian Made: Women, Work, and the Promise of Liberation

Leslie T. Chang (2024)

From the author of Factory Girls, a two-year investigative report revealing how globalization's promise of liberation paved the way for oppression. Follow three Egyptian women navigating between traditional culture and modernization demands.

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๐Ÿ“ฐ Articles 1

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Patriarchy Is Regaining Ground: UN Chief Warns of Unprecedented Threats to Women's Rights

United Nations โ€ข โ€ข 10 min read

UN Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres issues stark warning at the 2024 Commission on the Status of Women: 'Patriarchy is far from vanquished; it is regaining ground.' From Afghanistan to America, from digital spaces to political stages, women's rights are under systematic attack and decades of progress are being reversed.

Patriarchy Critique Political Participation Gender Equality +2

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Global Reproductive Justice: A New Agenda for Feminist Economics

Ataya, A. & Pรฉrivier, H. โ€ข

This paper proposes leveraging insights from feminist economics, empirical research, and the capabilities approach to expand understanding of abortion beyond an individual act and the moment of choice, thereby providing a ground to integrate the reproductive justice framework into economics.

Reproductive Autonomy Feminist Economics Reproductive Justice +2
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Aspiring to a politics of alliance: Response to Sylvia Walby's 'Beyond the politics of location: The power of argument in a global era'

Ann Phoenix โ€ข

This response essay explores tensions between universalism and politics of location in feminist theory, responding to Walby's claims about making universal arguments across local differences. Phoenix, from an intersectional perspective, advocates for alliance politics built on acknowledging difference rather than abstract universalism.

Feminist Theory Intersectional Feminism Identity Politics +2
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In search of feminist theory

Sylvia Walby โ€ข

This essay is Walby's response to critiques from Phoenix, Knapp, and others, further elaborating her position that feminism needs robust theorization and universal claims. Walby argues that in the era of globalization, feminism cannot be limited to politics of location but needs to develop theoretical frameworks capable of analyzing systemic oppression across local boundaries.

Feminist Theory Global Feminism Feminist Epistemology +2
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Indexing alternatives: Feminist development studies and global political economy

Priti Ramamurthy โ€ข

This essay explores how feminism reconstructs development studies and global political economy analysis, proposing alternative theoretical frameworks for understanding the intersections of globalization, development, and gender. Ramamurthy critiques mainstream development discourse and advocates for analytical perspectives centered on social reproduction and women's agency.

Marxist Feminism Feminist Economics Development Studies +2
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More Power to Argument

Gudrun-Axeli Knapp โ€ข

This essay responds to Sylvia Walby's claim that feminism needs to move beyond politics of location toward universal arguments. Knapp, drawing from German Critical Theory and feminist traditions, explores the power of argument while warning against power relations that abstract universalism might mask, advocating for argumentative practice that is both critically powerful and acknowledges situatedness.

Feminist Theory Feminist Epistemology Critical Theory +2

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