WGST 1808 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Empathy, Eurocentrism, Intersectionality

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 1808
• Professor: Debra Graham

Document Summary

Disinvesting western feminists identities from the will to power ( west is best , white is right ) Ethics of care: shared goals carried out by local/national movements in distinctive ways. Sustaining a sharp focus on the conduct of interaction through cognitive empathy and integrity. 1868: association internationale des femmes ( rst o cial group in geneva) Period of colonialism: was more of a movement and eurocentric. 1945: un commission on the status of women (ny) Women"s movements sprung up in africa, asia, latin america, middle east, etc. Western second wave, middle class, white women in n. america and europe established new international organizations which led to tensions: women"s. Global south begins a place of dominance in framing the international and transnational women"s agendas. The north embraces intersectionality and respect for di erence in framework and pluralism and collaboration in activism. Human rights issues and sustainable development issues come together under a.