Inhalt: Feminist street art aims to transform patriarchal spaces into places of gendered resistance by asserting a feminist presence in the city. Considering this, as well as women’s social life, their struggle against lingering forces of patriarchy, and relating features of inequality (domestic violence), there was a feminist installation artwork by the young Kurdish artist Tara Abdulla that shook the city of Sulaimani in Iraqi Kurdistan on 26 October 2020. She had prepared a 4,800‐meter‐long washing line covered with the clothes of 99,678 Kurdish women who were survivors of sexual and gender‐based violence. They installed it along the busiest street of the city (Salim Street). She used this piece of feminine to express her reaction to the Kurdish society regarding, the abuse that goes on silently, behind closed doors. She also aimed towards normalizing women’s bodies. After the installation, she received many controversial reactions. As her artwork was a pioneering project in line with feminist issues in Kurdistan which preoccupied the city for quite a while, the aim of this article is to investigate the diverse effects of her work on the current dialogue regarding gender inequality in the Kurdish society. To do this, we used the research method of content analysis on big data (Facebook comments) to investigate the public reactions of a larger number of locals. The Feminine effectively exposed some of the deep‐rooted cultural, religious, and social barriers in addressing gender inequalities and silent sexual violence issues in the modern Kurdish patriarchal society.
Schlagwörter:öffentlicher Raum; public space; Kunstwerk; work of art; Feminismus; feminism; soziale Ungleichheit; social inequality; gender-specific factors; woman; Kurdistan; Kurdistan; Facebook reactions; Sulaimani; feminist street art; gender inequalities dialogue
SSOAR Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Kultursoziologie, Kunstsoziologie, Literatursoziologie
Women and gender equality: justice or civilization?
Autor/in:
Alhaji Ali, Mustapha; Buratai, Halima Ali
Quelle: Journal of Liberty and International Affairs, 5 (2020) 3, S 55-68
Inhalt: The issue of gender justice has drawn the attention of gender scholars as does gender equality a justice or civilization. Because of this, the paper examined women and gender equality justice or civilization. In discussing these gender issues, several documents, reports, newspapers, magazines, archives, articles, journals, among others, were systematically reviewed to support the argument. Two theories were used in supporting the argument. These are Islamic Feminist and Liberal Feminist theories. The assumptions of these theories centered on gender equality and gender justice in society. The study found that gender equality is not civilization but justice. This is of the fact that both men and women are born equal and need equal justice for the development of the nation. The paper recommended that men and women should be given equal opportunity in all aspects of life in order to ensure gender justice. Parents and religious leaders should adhere to the principles of gender equality for the betterment of society.
Sammelrezension: Aktuelle Forschungen zu Mutterschaft und Elternschaft
Autor/in:
Visel, Stefanie
Quelle: Femina Politica - Zeitschrift für feministische Politikwissenschaft, 28 (2019) 1, S 153-156
Inhalt: Sammelrezension: 1) Marie Reusch, 2018: Emanzipation undenkbar? Mutterschaft und Feminismus. Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot. ISBN 978-3-89691-291-6. 2) Lisa Yashodhara Haller, 2018: Elternschaft im Kapitalismus: Staatliche Einflussfaktoren auf die
Arbeitsteilung junger Eltern. Frankfurt/M., New York: Campus Verlag. ISBN 978-359350-777-4. 3) Melanee Thomas, Amanda Bittner (Hg.), 2017: Mothers and Others: The Role of Parenthood in Politics. Vancouver: UBC Press. ISBN 978-0-7748-3458-2.
The Fourth Wave of Feminism and the Lack of Social Realism in Cyberspace
Autor/in:
Shiva, Negar; Nosrat Kharazmi, Zohreh
Quelle: Journal of Cyberspace Studies, 3 (2019) 2, S 129-146
Inhalt: Recent years have witnessed a surge in research on the impact of the cyberspace on social movements. The feminist movement has built a vocal platform online which attempts to underscore sexual violence against women. Scholars have begun to suspect that the internet has ushered in a new wave, the fourth wave of feminism. The fourth wave’s main feature is its reliance on social media. The accessibility, reach of a widespread audience, low costs and user-friendly environment have encouraged women to use social media to speak out against various forms of sexual violence directed against women. It is also assumed that going forward; the movement will also tackle issues such as the gender pay gap, neoliberal policies, maternity leave, and cultural sexism. Moreover, the internet-based movement is striving to bring to the fore the topic of intersectionality, that is, the intersection of oppressive institutions, and the attempt to rectify the failings of past waves by representing those oppressed by multiple institutions such as sexism, classism, and racism. This commentary provides an overview of the emerging academic literature on the fourth wave of feminism and critically reflects the lack of social realism in its existing form of knowledge production.
Schlagwörter:Feminismus; feminism; Internet; Internet; Soziale Medien; social media; soziale Bewegung; social movement; Realismus; realism; Wissensproduktion; knowledge production; gender-specific factors; fourth wave of feminism; realism; Cyberspace
Gender Equality and Beyond: At the Crossroads of Neoliberalism, Anti-Gender Movements, "European" Values, and Normative Reiterations in the Nordic Model
Autor/in:
Nygren, Katarina Giritli; Mulinari, Diana; Martinsson, Lena
Quelle: Social Inclusion, 6 (2018) 4, S 1-7
Inhalt: The social-democratic-inspired “Nordic model”, with its agenda for gender equality, has been an important example for the development of political interventions to transform society but at the same time, it has been functioning as an emerging gender normalising and stabilising structure. The last decade it has also become focused by antigender movements and ethno-nationalistic parties both as emblematic for the Nordic nations as well as a threat that must be destroyed to save the nation. This issue will elaborate further on gender equality as a node, a floating signifier in powerful and often contradictory discourses situating the discussions within the tradition of scholarships of hope through a dialogue about articles that search for realistic utopias that might be considered to be “beyond gender equality”. The included articles engage with the messiness and crossroads of gender equality in relation to the work-line, territories, neo-liberalism, religion, the crisis of solidarity and the success of anti-genderism agenda.
Basic Income: The Potential for Gendered Empowerment?
Autor/in:
Duvander, Ann-Zofie; Koslowski, Alison
Quelle: Social Inclusion, 6 (2018) 4, S 8-15
Inhalt: Basic income is likely to gain momentum as the next social welfare trend to sweep over the world with ideas of how to improve the fairness and efficiency of distributing money. Other earlier movements with similar ambitions to transform societies, ranging across the political spectrum from socialism to neo-liberalism, have led to very different consequences for strata of citizens, but have in common that they have de-prioritised gender equality in favour of other interests. Advocates of basic income suggest that in addition to pragmatic gains, such as a more efficient state administration, primarily a basic income will empower citizens, leading to the potential for greater human flourishing. Our question is whether this empowerment will be gendered and if so, how? So far, the basic income debate addresses gender only in so far as it would raise the income of the poorest, of whom a larger proportion are women. However, it is less clear how it might contribute to a transformation of gendered behaviour, making possible divergent shapes of life where binary and set notions of gender are not a restriction. We discuss the idea of basic income from a perspective of gender equality in the Swedish context.
Feministische Herausforderungen an das Flüchtlingsrecht: von der zweiten zur dritten Welle
Titelübersetzung:Feminist challenges for refugee law: from the second to the third wave
Autor/in:
Wessels, Janna
Quelle: GENDER - Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft, 10 (2018) 2, S 18-31
Inhalt: Der Beitrag wirft einen feministischen Blick auf das Flüchtlingsrecht. Der zunächst für den klassischen politischen - und männlichen - Dissidenten entworfene Flüchtlingsbegriff hat in den vergangenen Jahren eine tiefgreifende Transformation erfahren, die sich gut mit der zentralen These der zweiten Welle des Feminismus greifen lässt: Das Private ist politisch. Die Aufweichung zwischen öffentlichem und privatem Bereich führte zu einem grundlegenden Wandel, der es ermöglichte, dass bestimmte geschlechtsspezifische Verfolgungssituationen ebenfalls von der Definition erfasst werden können. Nach diesem großen Erfolg hat das feministische Engagement mit dem Flüchtlingsrecht aber stark nachgelassen. Der Beitrag arbeitet fortbestehende Herausforderungen heraus und zeigt auf, dass auch die dritte Welle des Feminismus wichtige Lehren zur Weiterentwicklung des Flüchtlingsrechts bereithält.
Inhalt: The article takes a feminist look at refugee law. The refugee concept, which was originally designed for classic political - and male - dissidents, has undergone a profound transformation in recent years. These changes are neatly reflected in the central claim of second-wave feminism: the personal is political. The closing of the public/private di- vide has led to a fundamental change, such that the definition of "refugee" is now understood to cover gender-related persecution. Following this great success, however, feminist engagement with refugee law diminished considerably. The article elaborates on remaining challenges and shows that thirdwave feminism also has some important lessons for the further development of refugee law.
Wi(e)der-Vereinbarkeiten: eine autoethnographische Skizze zur Sorgekrise
Titelübersetzung:Parenting under neoliberalism: an autoethnographic sketch of the care crisis
Autor/in:
Mendel, Iris
Quelle: Alte neue Ungleichheiten? Auflösungen und Neukonfigurationen von Erwerbs- und Familiensphäre. Opladen (Gender : Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft ; Sonderheft), 2017, S 24-41
Inhalt: In dem Beitrag untersuche ich Elternschaft im Kontext der Sorgekrise, in der Zeit und Räume für Selbst- und Fürsorge zerstört werden. In autoethnographischer Form gehe ich den Widersprüchen von Elternschaft und Erwerbstätigkeit nach. Ich setze die erfahrene (Un-)Vereinbarkeit in Zusammenhang mit neoliberalen Transformationen von Elternschaft, die als Ergebnis einer Kooption feministischer Forderungen begriffen werden können und die zu Tendenzen von Retraditionalisierung und Modernisierung führen. So eröffnen sich für manche neue Freiheiten in Bezug auf die Organisation von Re/Produktionstätigkeiten - wie das von mir mitunter gelebte "female breadwinner und male caregiver"-Modell. Gleichzeitig verschärfen neoliberale Privatisierung und Individualisierung die Sorgekrise, die insbesondere von Frauen* und Sorgebedürftigen ausgetragen wird. Mein besonderes Interesse gilt der Frage, inwiefern die Sorgekrise Möglichkeiten eröffnet, Sorgeverantwortung anders zu organisieren und emanzipatorische Praxen der Sorge zu befördern.
Schlagwörter:Elternschaft; parenthood; Familie-Beruf; work-family balance; Mutterschaft; motherhood; Frauenerwerbstätigkeit; women's employment; Arbeitsteilung; division of labor; Kinderbetreuung; child care; Work-life-balance; work-life-balance; gender-specific factors; Familienpolitik; family policy; Feminismus; feminism; Reproduktion; reproduction; Sorgekrise; Vereinbarkeit; Autoethnographie; Care Revolution; care crisis; autoethnography; care revolution
SSOAR Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Familiensoziologie, Sexualsoziologie
Titelübersetzung:Ta(l)king Care: Subsidiarity and Discourse
Autor/in:
Stiegler, Michael; Schönwälder-Kunze, Tatjana
Quelle: Femina Politica - Zeitschrift für feministische Politikwissenschaft, 26 (2017) 2, S 19-33
Inhalt: "Der Beitrag skizziert die Breite, aber auch die Funktionalität der Verwendung von 'Care' im deutschsprachigen Raum, um diese diskurskritisch zu analysieren. Wir stellen die Frage, wie subsidiär der 'Care'-Diskurs selbst ist, um darauf aufmerksam zu machen, dass zum einen eines der impliziten, hegemonialen Denkmuster des Care-Diskurses u.a. darin besteht, 'Care' trotz seiner vielfältigen Erscheinungsformen auf (tauschökonomische) Reziprozität zu reduzieren. Zum anderen werden analoge Verschiebungen in Bezug auf das Prädikat 'sozialinvestiv' und die Funktion von 'Care' im sozialphilosophischen Zusammenhang gezeigt, wo 'Care' eine komplementäre, aber untergeordnete Funktion in Gerechtigkeitskonzeptionen zugeschrieben wird. Abschließend plädieren wir dafür, 'Care' begrifflich so zu erweitern, dass seine Bedeutung über das tauschökonomische Paradigma hinausweisen kann." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "The paper outlines the breadth and also the functionality of the use of 'care' in the German-speaking world to analyze this discourse critically. We raise the question of how subsidiary the 'care' discourse itself is and draw attention to, on the one hand, the implicit, hegemonic patterns of care discourses to reduce 'care', despite its various appearances, to exchange-economic reciprocity. On the other hand, we reveal similar shifts of the predicate 'social investment' and the function of 'care' in the social-philosophical context, where 'care' is attributed a complementary, but subordinate, function in justice concepts. In conclusion, we advocate that 'care' be conceptually extended so that its meaning can go beyond the exchange-economic paradigm." (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:Pflege; caregiving; Fürsorge; welfare care; Arbeitsschutz; occupational safety; Medizinethik; medical ethics; Diskurs; discourse; deutscher Sprachraum; German-speaking area; Sozialpolitik; social policy; Sozialarbeit; social work; Gerechtigkeit; justice; Moderne; modernity; gender-specific factors; Feminismus; feminism; Care
SSOAR Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Philosophie, Theologie, Industrie- und Betriebssoziologie, Arbeitssoziologie, industrielle Beziehungen