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.
Solidarity in Head-Scarf and Pussy Bow Blouse: Reflections on Feminist Activism and Knowledge Production
Autor/in:
Gemzöe, Lena
Quelle: Social Inclusion, 6 (2018) 4, S 67-81
Inhalt: The author of this article discusses the ways in which gender equality and intersectionality are understood and enacted in two recent feminist campaigns in Sweden that use similar techniques to mobilise support for different causes. The first campaign is the so-called Hijab Call-to-Action, a solidarity action that took place in 2013 in which women in Sweden wore a hijab (the Muslim headscarf) for one day in defence of Muslim women’s rights. This campaign manifests the ways in which the notion of gender equality brings with it a norm of secularity, but also how the equation of equality and secularity is contested. The second feminist campaign discussed is the so-called Pussy Bow Blouse manifestation that aimed at taking a stand in the controversies surrounding the Swedish Academy as a result of the Metoo campaign in Sweden. The author looks at the political and discursive processes enfolded in these campaigns as a sort of collective learning processes that connect feminist activism and scholarship. A key concern is to critically analyse a binary model of powerless versus gender-equal or feminist women that figure in both debates. Further, the author shows that both campaigns appeal to solidarity through identification, but at the same time underscore the contingent and coalitional nature of identity in the act of dressing in a scarf or a blouse to take on a (political) identity for a day.
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.
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.
Celibate women, the construction of identity, Karama (dignity), and the "Arab Spring"
Titelübersetzung:Zölibatär lebende Frauen, die Konstruktion von Identität, Karama (Würde) und der "Arabische Frühling"
Autor/in:
Labidi, Lilia
Quelle: GENDER - Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft, 9 (2017) 1, S 11-29
Inhalt: "Untersuchungen über den 'Arabischen Frühling“ tendieren dazu, die wirtschaftlichen und politischen Bedürfnisse Jugendlicher zu fokussieren, adressieren jedoch nicht ihre sozialpsychologischen Bedürfnisse, wie etwa den unerfüllten Heiratswunsch und dessen soziale Konsequenzen. Der Beitrag diskutiert den Fall zölibatär lebender Frauen in Tunesien, für die es aufgrund der hohen Jugendarbeitslosigkeit und daraus folgender Probleme schwierig ist, Übergangsrituale zu durchlaufen, die sie von der Kindheit ins Erwachsenendasein geleiten und ihnen die vollständige Integration in die Gemeinschaft ermöglichen würden. Um in ihrer durch den diktatorischen Staat dominierten Lebenswelt dennoch Selbstkontrolle zu erlangen, haben sie für sich eine Form der asketischen Lebensführung gewählt, indem sie den hijab tragen, den Koran lesen, das tägliche Fasten praktizieren und die hudud neu verhandeln - also die moralischen und rechtlichen Grenzen, die schon lang Gegenstand breiter Debatten und sozialer Reformen sind; gleichzeitig unterstützen sie die Frauenrechte, so wie sie in Tunesiens Familienrecht verankert sind. Der Beitrag widmet sich besonders dem hierauf bezogenen politischen Diskurs im ‚Arabischen Frühling‘ seit 2011 und dem Bemühen, eine 'moralische Persönlichkeit' zu entwickeln." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "Studies of the 'Arab Spring' have tended to focus on the economic and political needs of youth, but have not addressed socio-psychological needs such as an unfulfilled desire for marriage and its social consequences. This article discusses the case of celibate women in Tunisia who, because of the high rate of youth unemployment and its social consequences, find it difficult to accomplish the rites of passage that would take them from childhood to adulthood and allow full integration into the community. In order to gain control over the self in a social context that was dominated by a dictatorial state, they have chosen a form of asceticism, wearing the hijab, reading the Qur'an, practicing daily fasting, and re-negotiating hudud - that is moral boundaries and legal limits that have long been a subject of wide debate and of social reforms; at the same time, they support women's rights as expressed in Tunisia's Personal Status Code. Particular attention is paid in this article to the political discourse after 2011 and efforts to construct a 'moral personality.'" (author's abstract)
Schlagwörter:Tunesien; Tunisia; woman; Ritual; ritual; Askese; asceticism; Lebensstil; life style; Religiosität; religiousness; Menschenrechte; human rights; Feminismus; feminism; Gleichheit; equality; Identität; identity; Emanzipation; emancipation; Geschlechterverhältnis; gender relations; arabische Länder; Arab countries; Nordafrika; North Africa; Transformation; transformation; enthaltsame Frauen; Arabischer Frühling; Nahdha
SSOAR Kategorie:Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Ethnologie, Kulturanthropologie, Ethnosoziologie
Living in a Material World: Entwurf einer queer-feministischen Ökonomie
Titelübersetzung:Living in a material world: a sketch for a queer-feminist economics
Autor/in:
Bauhardt, Christine
Quelle: GENDER - Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft, 9 (2017) 1, S 99-114
Inhalt: "Das Zusammendenken von strukturalistisch-materialistischem Feminismus und Neuem materialistischem Feminismus ermöglicht die Weiterentwicklung ökofeministischer Kritik an gesellschaftlichen Naturverhältnissen im Kapitalismus. Ausgehend von der Analyse der Sozialen Reproduktion als materieller Struktur kapitalistischer Produktions- und Machtverhältnisse rückt die materielle Re-Produktivität des Frauenkörpers erneut in den Fokus feministischer Analyse. Die queerökologische Perspektive auf den Nexus von Sexualität, Natur, Weiblichkeit und Sorgeverantwortung dekonstruiert die 'Natürlichkeit' weiblicher ReProduktivität und heterosexueller Mutterschaft. Der Ansatz der Queer Ecologies erweitert die ökofeministische Analyse um eine nicht-heteronormative Konzeption von Sorgeverantwortung für Menschen und Natur, die nicht an heterosexuelle Mutterschaft gebunden ist. Alternative Ökonomien jenseits von kapitalistischen ReProduktionsverhältnissen werden dann nicht nur die Ausbeutung von natürlichen Ressourcen beenden, sondern auch die gesellschaftliche Vernutzung und ökonomische Unsichtbarkeit der Arbeit von Frauen in der Sozialen Reproduktion." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "Structural materialist feminism and new material feminism enable us to enhance the ecofeminist criticism of societal relationships to nature in capitalism. Social reproduction is the starting point for analyzing the material structure of capitalist production modes and power relations. Thus, the material re/productivity of the female body again comes to the fore in feminist analysis. The queer ecology approach to the nexus of sexuality, nature, femininity, and care deconstructs the assumed 'naturalness' of female re/productivity and heterosexual motherhood. Queer ecologies broaden the scope of ecofeminist analysis and bring in a non-heteronormative conception of care for humans and for nature which is not bound to heterosexual motherhood. Alternative economies beyond capitalist relations of re/production will then not only put an end to the exploitation of natural resources but also to the social appropriation and economic invisibility of women's work for social reproduction." (author's abstract)