BEYOND WESTERN NARRATIVES : HOW GLOBAL SOUTH WOMEN DEFINE THEIR OWN FEMINISM
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https://doi.org/10.29121/shodhkosh.v7.i11s.2026.8270Keywords:
Global South, Women, Feminism, MovementsAbstract [English]
Western liberal ideologies that universalise the experiences of white, middle-class women have historically dominated mainstream feminist discourse. This paper highlights the various, situated feminist articulations that originate out of the Global South and criticise the philosophical limitations of such narratives. This paper emphasizes the need to center the indigenous voices and methodologies within the feminist discourse by challenging the mainstream discourse. It advocates for an inclusive approach that recognises the vibrant diversity of women’s issues by analysing case studies. It takes the theoretical foundations of constructivity (as an idea to construct distinctive feminist realities and disparities based movements. The Gulabi Gang in India, the Green Belt Movement in Kenya, and Ni Una Menos in Latin America are three popular feminist movements that are examined in this research as case studies that redefine feminism beyond Eurocentric presumptions, using postcolonial and de-colonial feminist theory as its central framework. The results highlight how pluralistic, inter-sectional, and deeply ingrained Global South feminism are in their cultural, ecological, and spiritual contexts. This essay promotes plural feminist genealogies that value diversity without putting it below others, as well as epistemic disobedience.
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