Your Gender TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION Glossary
All the key terms you need to understand when preparing for Gender Transformative Education, quickly and effectively.
What is Feminism?
Definition
Feminism refers to a set of social movements, theories and political consciousness that aim to achieve gender equality and redress gender injustices.
Intersectional feminism maintains that feminism must address multiple systems of oppression such as racism, classism, heterosexism, ableism.
Transnational feminism focuses on the legacies of colonialism, and maintains that power structures based on race, ethnicity and nation differ based on history and geography. It emphasizes cross-border connections and solidarities between locally rooted feminists.
References
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hooks, b. (2000). Feminist theory: From margin to center. New York: Pluto Press
Mohanty, C. T. (1984). Under Western eyes: Feminist scholarship and colonial discourses. Boundary 2, 333-358.
Nash, J. C. (2016). Feminist originalism: Intersectionality and the politics of reading. Feminist Theory, 17(1), 3-20.
Tambe, A., & Thayer, M. (Eds.). (2021). Transnational feminist itineraries: Situating theory and activist practice. Durham: Duke University Press.
Taylor, K. Y. (Ed.). (2017). How we get free: Black feminism and the Combahee River Collective. Haymarket Books.