Changing Their World 2nd Edition
Four new case studies in Changing their World
Edited by Srilatha Batliwala
Four new case studies have been added to Changing their World: Concepts and practices of women’s movements. These new case studies highlight the origins, structures, strategies, and impacts of the movements of women particularly marginalized by conflict, their occupation, sexual identity or ability. Documented between 2009 and 2010, these cases provide important insights into the character of feminist movement building in challenging contexts.
The Seeds of a Movement—Disabled Women and their Struggle to Organize
by Janet Price
Since the 1970s, disabled women have been organizing and raising awareness of the oppression they face. This case study maps out the challenges that disabled women have confronted in their struggle to fight discrimination and build their own movements. It presents examples from small local groups facing specific challenges, national bodies addressing policy and law-making, and international groups like the UN to establish global rights.
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GALANG: A Movement in the Making for the Rights of Poor LBTs in the Philippines
by Anne Lim
Galang is the Filipino word for respect and lies at the core of GALANG’s struggle for equality and justice which they promote in both local LGBT communities and within mainstream Philippine society. This case study contributes to global learning about feminist movements and organizing, and to the growing body of work that investigates the intersections between sexuality and poverty.
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The VAMP/SANGRAM Sex Worker’s Movement in India’s Southwest
by The SANGRAM/VAMP team
This case study presents the history, formation, leadership, and function of the VAMP Collective. VAMP and SANGRAM are examples of the sex workers rights movement in India.
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Women Building Peace: The Sudanese Women Empowerment for Peace (SuWEP) in Sudan
by Zaynab ElSaw
During the 1990s Sudanese women from both north and south formed the Sudanese Women Empowerment for Peace (SuWEP), an umbrella body bringing together women from the two regions, and from different ethnic, socio-economic, and political backgrounds. This case study tells the story of Sudanese women’s involvement in the peace processes before and after the initiative of SuWEP, and explores the roles SuWEP played as a feminist movement through the analysis of the tools and approaches developed by the women’s groups to make their voices heard.
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