Women, Voice and Power: How transformative feminist leadership is challenging inequalities and the root causes of extreme vulnerability
January 27, 2022 | 13:30 h - 14:30 h
ZEF's weekly colloquium will be on the topic of
Women, Voice and Power: How transformative feminist leadership is challenging inequalities and the root causes of extreme vulnerability
to be presented by Emily Brown, a feminist, environmental and social justice activist and freelancer.
Abstract:
‘The evidence is unequivocal that women organizing with other women is instrumental to their politicization, and solidarity, as well as their ability to exert the collective power and influence necessary to shift entrenched legal and social norms that marginalize women.’ Quote by Pilar Domingo and Tam O’Neil, Overseas Development Institute, Women’s Voice and Leadership in Decision-Making: Assessing the Evidence.
‘The claim is often made that there is insufficient proof of the effectiveness of grassroots women’s interventions in crisis settings. This claim is not just false, it also threatens to divert much needed resources away from them. It is time to bust this myth...' Quote by Yifat Susskind. MADRE Myth-Busting in Defense of Grassroots Women Crisis Responders
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.
About the speaker:
Emily Brown is a feminist, environmental and social justice activist and freelancer with specialist expertise in partnerships and programmes supporting women’s political participation and leadership globally. For over 20 years Emily has worked with feminist activists, programme managers and design teams in mainstream NGOS and women’s rights organisations to design, plan and deliver high-quality, high-impact programming, partnerships, training and influencing material. She has worked as Gender and Governance Advisor to Oxfam and acted as global coordinator and manager of some Oxfam programs.
Read one of Emily Brown's recently published Discussion Papers (Oxfam October 2021) on Women, Voice and Power: How transformative feminist leadership is challenging inequalities and the root causes of extreme vulnerability
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