The Oxford Handbook of Transnational Feminist Movements

977 Pages·2015·8.484 MB·English

by  Rawwida Baksh, Wendy Harcourt

The Oxford Handbook of
T R A N S NAT I O NA L
F E M I N I S T
M O V E M E N T S

The Oxford Handbook of
TRANSNATIONAL
FEMINIST
MOVEMENTS
Edited by
RAWWIDA BAKSH
and
WENDY HARCOURT
1
3
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The Oxford handbook of transnational feminist movements / [edited by]
Rawwida Baksh and Wendy Harcourt.
pages cm
ISBN 978–0–19–994349–4
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Feminism—History. 2. Women’s rights—International cooperation—History.
3. Social movements—History. I. Baksh, Rawwida, 1957–. II. Harcourt, Wendy, 1959–
HQ1150.O94 2015
305.42—dc23
2014028701
1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2
Printed in the United States of America
on acid-free paper
Contents
List of Contributors xi
1. Introduction: Rethinking Knowledge, Power, and Social Change 1
Rawwida Baksh and Wendy Harcourt
SECTION 1 KNOWLEDGE,
THEORY, AND PRAXIS
Introduction 51
Wendy Harcourt
2. Transnational Feminist Activism and Movement Building 53
Valentine M. Moghadam
3. Mapping Transnational Feminist Engagements: Neoliberalism
and the Politics of Solidarity 82
Linda E. Carty and Chandra T. Mohanty
4. Critical Cartography, Theories, and Praxis of Transnational
Feminisms 116
Manisha Desai
SECTION 2 ORGANIZING FOR CHANGE
Introduction 133
Rawwida Baksh
5. The Camel’s Nose: Women Infiltrate the Development Project 136
Irene Tinker
6. DAWN, the Third World Feminist Network: Upturning
Hierarchies 159
Peggy Antrobus
vi Contents
7. The “Warriors Within”: How Feminists Change Bureaucracies
and Bureaucracies Change Feminists 188
Joanne Sandler
8. International Trends in Women’s Political Participation and
Representation 215
Anita Vandenbeld
SECTION 3 BODY POLITICS,
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Introduction 249
Wendy Harcourt
9. Owning and Disowning the Body: A Reflection 252
Rosalind P. Petchesky
10. Moving Toward Sexual and Reproductive
Justice: A Transnational and Multigenerational
Feminist Remix 271
Alexandra Garita
11. Human Trafficking, Globalization, and Transnational Feminist
Responses 295
Thanh-Dam Truong
12. Masculinities, “Profeminism,” and Feminism in Latin America 321
Jose F. Serrano-Amaya and Salvador Vidal-Ortiz
SECTION 4 HUMAN RIGHTS
AND HUMAN SECURITY
Introduction 343
Rawwida Baksh
13. Human Rights and Human Security: Feminists
Contesting the Terrain 346
Viviene Taylor
14. CEDAW, Gender and Culture 367
M. Shanthi Dairiam
Contents vii
15. Feminist Strategies to End Violence Against Women 394
Rebecca J. Hall
SECTION 5 ECONOMIC
AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
Introduction 419
Wendy Harcourt
16. Care and Social Reproduction: Some Reflections on Concepts,
Policies and Politics from a Development Perspective 422
Shahrashoub Razavi
17. Feminist Transnational Organizing on Gender and Trade: The
Work of IGTN 446
Mariama Williams
18. Gender-responsive Budgeting 485
Zohra Khan
19. Transformative Feminism in Tanzania: Animation and
Grassroots Women’s Struggles for Land and Livelihoods 507
Marjorie Mbilinyi
SECTION 6 CITIZENSHIP
AND STATE-BUILDING
Introduction 531
Rawwida Baksh
20. Feminism and Democratic Struggles in Latin America 534
Virginia Vargas
21. Forging a New Political Imaginary: Transnational Southasian
Feminisms 553
Amrita Chhachhi and Sunila Abeysekera
22. From Chinese State Capitalism to Women’s Activism:
The Implications of Economic Reforms for Women and
the Evolution of Feminist Organizing 578
Lanyan Chen
viii Contents
23. Gendered Citizenship in the Postcolony: The Challenge for
Transformational Feminist Politics 607
Maitrayee Mukhopadhyay
SECTION 7 MILITARISM
AND RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISMS
Introduction 629
Rawwida Baksh
24. Feminist Perspectives on Militarism and War: Critiques,
Contradictions, and Collusions 632
Maryam Khalid
25. From Secular Reductionism to Religious
Essentialism: Implications for the Gender Agenda 651
Mariz Tadros
26. South Asia’s Gendered “wars on terror” 668
Seema Kazi
SECTION 8 PEACE MOVEMENTS,
UNSCR 1325 AND POSTCONFLICT
RE-BUILDING
Introduction 699
Rawwida Baksh
27. Demilitarizing the Global: Women’s Peace Movements and
Transnational Networks 702
Linda Etchart
28. UN Security Council Resolution 1325: A Feminist Transformative
Agenda? 723
Jennifer F. Klot
29. Women in Postconflict Decision-making: Change for the Better? 746
Sherrill Whittington
30. Feminist Perspectives on State-building or Rebuilding in Crisis
Contexts 767
Helen O’Connell
Contents ix
SECTION 9 FEMINIST
POLITICAL ECOLOGY
Introduction 791
Wendy Harcourt
31. Feminist Political Ecologies: Grounded, Networked and
Rooted on Earth 793
Diane Rocheleau and Padini Nirmal
32. Climate Justice and Women’s Agency: Voicing Other
Ways of Doing Things 815
Ana Agostino
33. Women’s Transformative Organizing for Sustainable
Livelihoods: Learning from Indian Experiences 837
Sumi Krishna
SECTION 10 DIGITAL AGE
TRANSFORMATIONS AND
FUTURE TRAJECTORIES
Introduction 855
Wendy Harcourt
34. Digital Transformations of Transnational Feminism
in Theory and Practice 857
Gillian Youngs
35. The Dialectics of Power and Powerlessness in Transnational
Feminist Networks: Online Struggles Around
Gender-based Violence 871
Priya A. Kurian, Debashish Munshi
and Anuradha Mundkur
36. Because I Am a Girl: The Emergence of Girls in Development 895
Sarah Hendricks and Keshet Bachan
Index 919