WOMEN AND FEMINIST ACTION
Welcome to today’s talk on The History of Global Feminisms with Professor Durba Mitra of Harvard University. She will show us how the history of global feminisms is deeply entrenched in the history of colonialism, as well as in the history of the rise and fall of slavery.
IN THIS LESSON
Our learning objectives today are:
To understand how the history of global feminisms is linked to the histories of slavery and colonialism.
To think about the systematic exclusion of women of colour treated as less than human and how they become leaders in pushing against these limitations.
To apply an intersectional analysis in considering women’s rights more broadly.
KEY POINTS
We leave you with some key points.
The history of global feminisms is deeply entrenched in the history o colonialism.
Political movements against slavery and segregation as well as struggles for the end of colonialism go hand in hand with the movement for women’s rights.
The systematic exclusion of women of colour in the West reveals that the category of Woman is never just about women. This makes intersectional analysis supremely important.
