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Introduction: feminist protests and politics in a world in crisis

07 Dec 2021

21 pages long

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Introduction: feminist protests and politics in a world in crisis

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Feminist activism

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This is the introductory article to Gender & Development issue 29(2&3) Feminist Protests and Politics in a World in Crisis

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Nothing is as it seems: ‘discourse capture’ and backlash politics

07 Dec 2021

15 pages long

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Nothing is as it seems: ‘discourse capture’ and backlash politics

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In this article, in response to several calls for new theoretical and analytical tools to help us understand the nature of contemporary anti-feminist and anti-queer politics, I introduce the concept of ‘discourse capture’. I argue that discourse capture is a key backlash mechanism, characterised by its intention, scale, and undercover nature. Discourse capture occurs where […]

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Gendered violences and resistances to development: body, land, territory, and violences against women in postwar Guatemala

07 Dec 2021

21 pages long

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Gendered violences and resistances to development: body, land, territory, and violences against women in postwar Guatemala

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This article explores the relationships between violences against women (VAW) and rural development in the context of postwar Guatemala’s Northern Transversal Strip region (FTN). How might we understand the relationships between postwar development, its gendered implications, and VAW in this context? What are the implications of these entanglements for feminist activism? The article explores this […]

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Women organising in fragility and conflict: lessons from the #BringBackOurGirls movement, Nigeria

07 Dec 2021

21 pages long

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Women organising in fragility and conflict: lessons from the #BringBackOurGirls movement, Nigeria

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Public protests, including women-led struggles, are increasingly gaining a foothold in many parts of the world in response to multiple crises and growing exclusion, in a context of fragility. In the global South, most public protests involve temporary, informal coalitions where people come together and participate in a one-off event. The fluid nature of political […]

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A new feminist ethic that unites and mobilizes people: the participation of young people in Argentina’s Green Wave

07 Dec 2021

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A new feminist ethic that unites and mobilizes people: the participation of young people in Argentina’s Green Wave

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The year 2021 began with good news: on 29 December 2020, the law that guarantees access to the right to legal, safe and free abortion was approved in Argentina’s National Congress and Senate. This achievement was the result of the struggles of the feminist and women's movement. A particular feature was the massive involvement of […]

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#EndSARS movement in Nigeria: tensions and solidarities amongst protesters

07 Dec 2021

16 pages long

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#EndSARS movement in Nigeria: tensions and solidarities amongst protesters

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During Nigeria’s #EndSARS movement, queer organisers and activists created and built solidarities that resulted in a truly complex organising for justice. Without the work of queer organisers, the movement to #EndSARS would have largely centred on the narratives and voices of cis heterosexual men and women. In creating systems that sustained the participation of queer […]

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Gendered social media communication around mining: patriarchy, diamonds, and seeking feminist solidarity online

07 Dec 2021

21 pages long

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Gendered social media communication around mining: patriarchy, diamonds, and seeking feminist solidarity online

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Although it is increasingly well-known that mining generates a vast array of gendered impacts, less studied is how women in mining zones have turned to online social media to articulate concerns and mobilise for collective action. This article explores how gendered social media communication has conveyed injustices experienced by women in Zimbabwe’s diamond-mining areas and […]

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Women and protest politics in Pakistan

07 Dec 2021

19 pages long

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This article draws on qualitative research on five different gendered contentions in Pakistan: a feminist mobilisation, a protest against child sexual abuse, a workers’ mobilisation for greater employment benefits, an ethno-religious minority community’s demand for protection from sectarian attacks, and an ethno-nationalist mobilisation for post-conflict security and greater rights. All our cases of contention are […]

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Visible outside, invisible inside: the power of patriarchy on female protest leaders in conflict and violence-affected settings

07 Dec 2021

18 pages long

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Visible outside, invisible inside: the power of patriarchy on female protest leaders in conflict and violence-affected settings

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The literature on women’s participation in public protests and movements shows that even when they are prominent actors within these, most women are excluded from the male-dominated decision-making spaces within which negotiations with the state occur. In this article we look at the case of an ethnic struggle for rights in a conservative and conflict-affected […]

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Fighting all demons: feminist voices on popular protests in Lebanon and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region

07 Dec 2021

15 pages long

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Fighting all demons: feminist voices on popular protests in Lebanon and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region

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For generations, feminists in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have fought all types of oppression and discrimination. Joining and leading popular protests of the last decade or so in different MENA countries was part of their ongoing struggle to gain social justice, equality, and better representation in society. A feminist struggle has its […]

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