Feminist Politics and Activism in Reactionary Eras

feminist activism in Latin America

Feminism has a variety of meanings. According to Nikki Craske, despite the often-heated debates about the meaning of feminism, most would likely concur with Rosalind Delmar’s assessment that feminism attempts to transform women from object to subject, specifically with respect to knowledge. In other words, feminism and by extension feminist activism is about centering the lives of women. Sonia ...

Feminist theory, feminist and anti-racist politics, and restorative justice

Women’s Activism and Feminist Agency in Mozambique and Nicaragua

Many women in the countryside challenge the way things are without using the word “gender,” without ever studying women and men. In Moeda, they ask, “What do you do in the morning and the aft ernoon?” Women realize, “Nobody gives water to me. I’m tired of giving water to others.” —Terezinha da Silva, Centro de Formação Jurídica e Judiciária, Former Director of Faculty of Social Sciences, Univer...

Sex worker activism, feminist discourse and HIV in Bangladesh

This paper explores the relationship between sex worker activism and HIV-related discourse in Bangladesh, relating recent developments in activism to the influence of feminist thought. Following their eviction in 1991 from brothels from red light areas, Bangladeshi sex workers started a social movement, at just about the same time that programmes started to work with sex workers to reduce the t...

Understanding Feminist Activism among Women: Resources, Consciousness, and Social Networks

This study examines whether women’s feminist activism is connected to three key factors: sufficient educational and financial resources, the internalization of a feminist consciousness, and being involved in feminist mobilization structures. Analysis of the 2012 American National Election Survey (N = 1,876) suggests that participation and engagement in the women’s movement is least common among...