Transnational feminisms in United Nations and their responses to the current right-wing war on gender

• In Event: Queering the Globe: Alliances and Activism

Abstract

The global reach of transnational feminist and LQBTQ+ networks since the 1970’s and in the context of the UN National Conferences on Women broadened solidarity through conversations and action across national borders. However, in the last two decades, right-wing organizations and governments in both the Global North and Global South declared a “war on gender” centered on sexism, homophobia and transphobia in political discourse and policy-making.
This paper looks at the transnational solidarity and responses taking place through the participation of thousands of civil society and NGOs activists in the annual sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women.

Presenter

• Solange de Deus Simoes, Eastern Michigan University