Feminism as Power and Resistance: An Inquiry into Different Forms of Swedish Feminist Resistance and Anti-Genderist Reactions
Autor/in:
Lilja, Mona; Johansson, Evelina
Quelle: Social Inclusion, 6 (2018) 4, S 82-94
Inhalt: This article explores how resistance and power are intertwined within the field of mainstream Swedish feminism, by analyzing some of its more visible expressions and strategies. These feminist resistance strategies could be described as circulating resistance (e.g., the #metoo campaign), public assemblies, the more subtle “disciplinary resistance”, and state feminism. The article illustrates how these different forms of resistance fuel different reactions from movements that reiterate different discourses of “anti-genderism”. In addition, some forms of feminism (state feminism and feminist disciplinary resistance) sometimes develop into, or overlap with, different technologies of power.
Schlagwörter:Schweden; Sweden; Feminismus; feminism; Gender; gender; Macht; power; Widerstand; resistance; Gender Mainstreaming; gender mainstreaming; anti-genderism; popular assemblies; state feminism
Women's Coalitions beyond the Laicism-Islamism Divide in Turkey: Towards an Inclusive Struggle for Gender Equality?
Autor/in:
Çağatay, Selin
Quelle: Social Inclusion, 6 (2018) 4, S 48-58
Inhalt: In the 2010s in Turkey, the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) authoritarian-populist turn accompanied the institutionalization of political Islam. As laicism was discredited and labeled as an imposed-from-above principle of Western/Kemalist modernity, the notion of equality ceased to inform the state’s gender policies. In response to AKP's attempts to redefine gender relations through the notions of complementarity and fıtrat (purpose of creation), women across the political spectrum have mobilized for an understanding of gender equality that transcends the laicism - Islamism divide yet maintains secularity as its constitutive principle. Analyzing three recent attempts of women's coalition-building, this article shows that, first, gender equality activists in the 2010s are renegotiating the border between secularity and piety towards more inclusive understandings of gender equality; and second, that struggles against AKP’s gender politics are fragmented due to different configurations of gender equality and secularity that reflect class and ethnic antagonisms in Turkish society. The article thereby argues for the need to move beyond binary approaches to secularism and religion that have so far dominated the scholarly analysis of women’s activism in both Turkey and the Nordic context.
The Traps of International Scripts: Making a Case for a Critical Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality in Development
Autor/in:
Roodsaz, Rahil; Van Raemdonck, An
Quelle: Social Inclusion, 6 (2018) 4, S 16-24
Inhalt: In this article, we look at colonialities of gender and sexuality as concepts employed in international aid and development. These international arenas reveal not only strong reiterations of modernist linear thinking and colonial continuities but also provide insights into the complexities of the implementation and vernacularisation of gender and sexuality in practices of development. Using a critical anthropological perspective, we discuss case studies based on our own research in Egypt and Bangladesh to illustrate the importance of unpacking exclusionary mechanisms of gender and sexuality scripts in the promotion of women’s rights and sexual and reproductive health and rights in postcolonial development contexts. We provide a conceptual analysis of decolonial feminist attempts at moving beyond the mere critique of development to enable a more inclusive conversation in the field of development. To work towards this goal, we argue, a critical anthropological approach proves promising in allowing a politically-sensitive, ethical, and critical engagement with the Other.
Schlagwörter:Kolonialismus; colonialism; Anthropologie; anthropology; Gender; gender; Sexualität; sexuality; internationale Hilfe; international aid; Entwicklungshilfe; development aid; woman; Menschenrechte; human rights; Postkolonialismus; post-colonialism; Feminismus; feminism; Ägypten; Egypt; Bangladesch; Bangladesh; Entwicklungsland; developing country; Nordafrika; North Africa; Südasien; South Asia; critical anthropology; development;
SSOAR Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Entwicklungsländersoziologie, Entwicklungssoziologie
Gender and the EU's Support for Security Sector Reform in Fragile Contexts
Autor/in:
Ansorg, Nadine; Haastrup, Toni
Quelle: JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies, 56 (2018) 5, S 1127–1143
Inhalt: How does the European Union (EU) include 'gender' within its support to security sector reform (SSR) programmes? The EU has committed to include gender perspectives by implementing the Women, Peace and Security agenda (WPS) within its foreign security practices. While researchers and practitioners recognise the importance of integrating gender issues into SSR operational effectiveness, there is limited knowledge about how this functions within the EU's security architecture. This article uses Feminist Institutionalism (FI) to understand the process of gender mainstreaming within the EU's support to SSR programmes. It does this by using two crucial theory‐testing cases of SSR programmes - Ukraine and Afghanistan. It finds that the EU's ability to promote gender inclusive approaches to SSR is limited by the structure of the EU's own assumptions and capabilities, and institutional constraints in third countries. At the same time, the cases underscore the importance of individuals as agents of change.
Gender - Vielfalt - Demokratie: Bedrohungen durch Rassismus und Populismus; Tagung am 23. und 24.06.2017 an der Evangelischen Akademie Tutzing
Titelübersetzung:Gender - diversity - democracy: threats posed by racism and populism; conference, 23-24 June 2017, Protestant Academy of Tutzing
Autor/in:
Peltz, Kathrin
Quelle: GENDER - Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft, 9 (2017) 3, S 133-138
Inhalt: "Von Rassismus-Debatten im Feminismus und gruppenbezogener Menschenfeindlichkeit in der Mitte der Gesellschaft über Frauen in Rechtsextremismus und Rechtspopulismus bis zu internationalen Perspektiven auf rechtspopulistische Bewegungen - der Tagung gelang es, ein weites Themenspektrum abzudecken, um Anti-Genderismus und der Gefährdung von Demokratie und Vielfalt durch einen erstarkenden Rechtspopulismus nachzugehen. Im Rahmen von Vorträgen, Podiumsdiskussionen und Workshops tauschten sich Wissenschaftler_innen und Praktiker_innen zu Ursachen und Hintergründen rechtspopulistischer Tendenzen aus und diskutierten mögliche Gegenstrategien." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "rom women's role in right-wing extremism and populism and group-focused enmity in mainstream society to racism in feminism and international perspectives on increasing right-wing populist movements, the conference succeeded in covering a wide range of themes to address the question of how right-wing populism is currently endangering gender, democracy, and diversity. Lectures, (panel) discussions, and workshops fostered lively exchange among researchers and other professionals from a variety of fields about the causes of increasing right-wing populism as well as possible counter-strategies." (author's abstract)
Gender - Vielfalt - Demokratie: Bedrohungen durch Rassismus und Populismus; Tagung am 23. und 24.06.2017 an der Evangelischen Akademie Tutzing
Titelübersetzung:Gender - diversity - democracy: threats posed by racism and populism; conference, 23-24 June 2017, Protestant Academy of Tutzing
Autor/in:
Peltz, Kathrin
Quelle: GENDER - Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft, 9 (2017) 3, S 133-138
Inhalt: "Von Rassismus-Debatten im Feminismus und gruppenbezogener Menschenfeindlichkeit in der Mitte der Gesellschaft über Frauen in Rechtsextremismus und Rechtspopulismus bis zu internationalen Perspektiven auf rechtspopulistische Bewegungen - der Tagung gelang es, ein weites Themenspektrum abzudecken, um Anti-Genderismus und der Gefährdung von Demokratie und Vielfalt durch einen erstarkenden Rechtspopulismus nachzugehen. Im Rahmen von Vorträgen, Podiumsdiskussionen und Workshops tauschten sich Wissenschaftler_innen und Praktiker_innen zu Ursachen und Hintergründen rechtspopulistischer Tendenzen aus und diskutierten mögliche Gegenstrategien." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "rom women's role in right-wing extremism and populism and group-focused enmity in mainstream society to racism in feminism and international perspectives on increasing right-wing populist movements, the conference succeeded in covering a wide range of themes to address the question of how right-wing populism is currently endangering gender, democracy, and diversity. Lectures, (panel) discussions, and workshops fostered lively exchange among researchers and other professionals from a variety of fields about the causes of increasing right-wing populism as well as possible counter-strategies." (author's abstract)
Ansätze einer feministischen Sprachkritik in ihrer Bedeutung für die Soziale Arbeit
Autor/in:
Schmid, Gloria
Quelle: Widersprüche : Zeitschrift für sozialistische Politik im Bildungs-, Gesundheits- und Sozialbereich, 37 (2017) 143, S 87-94
Schlagwörter:Feminismus; feminism; Sozialarbeit; social work; Sprache; language; soziale Norm; social norm; Sozialarbeiter; social worker; Federal Republic of Germany; Genealogie; genealogy; Gender; gender
SSOAR Kategorie:Allgemeines, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Methoden, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Sozialarbeit und Sozialpädagogik, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung