BRICS Feminist Watch (BFW)
Non-profit Organizations
Feminist alliance from the BRICS countries focusing on feminist analysis and activism to promote inclusive development.
About us
Formed in 2017, BRICS Feminist Watch (BFW) has emerged as a global South Feminist alliance that provides a much-needed gender analysis, perspective, voice and empirical evidence from the ground to key global policy debates, International Financial Institutions (IFIs) and large development projects. In the short period BFW has established itself as an important gendered voice from South and has strategically occupied spaces (such as G20 and IFIs) that did not get engaged participation of South feminists. BFW is a network of feminist scholars, researchers, and activists from the global South whose mission is to work for economic and gender justice as well as sustainable and democratic development. The Alliance brings the collective strength of feminist analysis and activism to promote gender-responsive inclusive sustainable development and to make visible the linkages between gender justice, environmental and economic justice as critical to sustain movements and actions. PWESCR as a founding member of BFW, through support from HBS, for the last five years has been monitoring and extending advocacy and policy advice to global blocs and institutions such as G20, BRICS and IFIs including NDB and AIIB and also engaging in key research and knowledge discussions to highlight South feminist perspective.
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External link for BRICS Feminist Watch (BFW)
- Industry
- Non-profit Organizations
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2017
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Dear friends, I am happy to share BRICS Feminist Watch’s new publication -- Decolonial Feminism: Charting a Path Towards a Just and Liberatory Tomorrow By Shubha Chacko Decolonial feminism is a powerful and evolving movement that seeks to challenge and dismantle oppressive systems by addressing the complex intersections of colonialism, patriarchy, racism, imperialism and other forms of systemic discrimination. This article delves into the multifaceted dimensions of decolonial feminism. Beginning with a contextualisation of the historical impact of colonialism, the article explores the complexities of gender relations within colonised societies, revealing a nuanced understanding that challenges traditional stereotypes. It highlights instances of knowledge appropriation and erasure during colonial processes, showcasing how the contributions of the colonised women were often marginalized or made invisible. It posits that decolonial feminism offers a powerful and sophisticated lens through which to examine and reshape our understanding of history, society, and the ongoing struggle for justice and equality. Warmly, Priti apologies for cross posting!
🧐 Why do we need decolonial feminism?🌐 Eurocentrism. Whiteness. Power. We need to address the tensions between feminism and imperialism and the voices we've muted. "The idea that women do not have a past, and do not have a history, means, of course, that they have one but that it has been buried, hidden, masked, and that the job of feminists has been to find it and make it known. ...For racialised women, it is not about filling a void, but about finding words to breathe life into that which has been condemned to non-existence, worlds that have been cast out of humanity" - Françoise Vergès (A Decolonial Feminism) Make time for this great resource from Shubha Chacko from Solidarity Foundation Bangalore, UBINING, Espaço Feminista, Gen Dev Centre, Inequality Movement, PWESCR and BRICS Feminist Watch (BFW). Here are some highlights: ✨ Unpacking Ideas: Departing from the West as a benchmark gives us space to rethink and unpack conceptualisations of women's agency in the Global Majority. ✨ Politics of positionality: Challenging us to decentre our position as we move toward ethical and reflexive research practice. ✨ Transnational solidarity: An alternative to Western, imperial spaces bringing diverse insight and experiences from historically ignored groups. ✨ Pluriversality: Embracing plurality of knowledge. ..."all people and all communities have the right to be different precisely because everyone is considered equal." ✨ Critical engagement: Negotiating the tensions of unintentionally supporting settler colonial structures. Check it out. 👇🏾
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Dear friends, I am happy to share BRICS Feminist Watch’s new publication -- Decolonial Feminism: Charting a Path Towards a Just and Liberatory Tomorrow By Shubha Chacko Decolonial feminism is a powerful and evolving movement that seeks to challenge and dismantle oppressive systems by addressing the complex intersections of colonialism, patriarchy, racism, imperialism and other forms of systemic discrimination. This article delves into the multifaceted dimensions of decolonial feminism. Beginning with a contextualisation of the historical impact of colonialism, the article explores the complexities of gender relations within colonised societies, revealing a nuanced understanding that challenges traditional stereotypes. It highlights instances of knowledge appropriation and erasure during colonial processes, showcasing how the contributions of the colonised women were often marginalized or made invisible. It posits that decolonial feminism offers a powerful and sophisticated lens through which to examine and reshape our understanding of history, society, and the ongoing struggle for justice and equality. https://lnkd.in/gSEzuZak Warmly, Priti