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Women, Voice and Power: How transformative feminist leadership is challenging inequalities and the root causes of extreme vulnerability

Authors :
Brown, Emily
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Oxfam, 2021, 2021, 2021.

Abstract

The evidence can no longer be ignored: when women and feminist activists are able to use their collective power to challenge inequalities, they are having a transformational impact. From women’s rights organizations and movements breaking down harmful social norms, to political leaders advancing highly progressive policies, there is a growing body of evidence from feminist organizing across the world that when decisions are made more equally and inclusively, and are rooted in locally-owned, intersectional feminist movements and political agendas, they have immediate and long-term human development benefits for all. ‘It made us feel capable, knowledgeable, revolutionary...’ Young feminist activist, RootsLab

Subjects

Subjects :
Gender
Inequality
Rights

Details

Language :
English, French, Spanish, Arabic
ISBN :
978-1-78748-777-2
1-78748-777-6
ISBNs :
9781787487772 and 1787487776
Database :
Oxfam Policy & Practice
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsoxf.621202
Document Type :
Discussion paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.21201/2021.7772