GGS 525SEM - Women’s Movements

This class explores current developments in women¿s, feminist and sexual minority movements. These social movements have reshaped politics, economics and cultures across the world. The class will explore the current connections between local, national, regional and global women¿s activism. Readings will be drawn from a variety of fields and cover a wide geographic area. Basic questions will be examined such as: Why and when do women mobilize? What have been the demands of recent women¿s, feminist and sexual minority movements in different countries, and how are these demands connected across nations and regions? What role have transnational networks played in local and national women¿s organizing? Why and when have transnational or regional networks been created? What roles do women¿s, feminist and sexual minority movements play in the global flows of culture and capital? How should we understand the relationship between transnational women¿s networks and other international institutional actors (the UN, international NGOs) and other movements (anti-globalization, labor and environmental movements)?

Credits: 3