FEM 2109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Sidney Tarrow, Transnational Feminism, Gender Analysis
20 Aug 2016
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Gendering the Agenda: the Impact of Transnational Women’s Movement at the UN
Conferences of the 1990s
Elizabeth Jay Friedman
-article is about: streaming gender analysis into areas formerly considered gender neutral
-prioritizes women’s rights as integral to the achievement of conference goals (UN goals)
-transnational rights movements changed the framework for global rights issues
-the backlash against social women’s movements came in the form of a counter movement
coalition
-led by the vatican and religious conservative governments
-how is the article organized:
-offers a theoretical framework for the emergence an development of translational social
movements
-explains women’s rights advocates’ particular interest in organizing globally
-examines historical emergence of transaction women’s rights organizing
-analyzes the organized backlash that women’s movement encountered
-explains challenges women’s rights advocacy presents to a globalizing world
-transnational social movements are sustained contentious interactions with opponents
(national or non national) by connected networks of challengers organized across national
boundaries (according to Sidney Tarrow)
-I agree vs. I disagree (a dance of contesting takes place)
-Tarrow does not see transnational feminism as a social movement
-global activity of women’s rights, while advocacy, does not merit the term social movement
-lacks categorical basis, the sustained interpersonal relations, and exposure of similar
opportunities
-Friedman disagrees: transnational women’s rights organizations have a categorical basis
given their focus on gender equality!
-maintain sustained interpersonal relationship through regular contact using standard mail,
email, phone, faxes, frequent encounters at official and unofficial period meetings
-four main elements of social movement theory
-political opportunity structure (external context of the social movement; actors that
condition the organizing sphere by establishing rules for discussion)
-mobilizing structure (infrastructure that supports the movement internally)
-frames (strategic processes through which movement participants develop and execute
shared understandings of their goals, how do we come together and come up with an
umbrella pitch)
-action repertoires (how do we make sure we are leaving a mark)
-central findings of research: leaving institutional traces provides the best explanation for
successes of the UN women’s movement
-conferences are organized as so:
-official conference attended by UN government delegates (purpose to approve final
documents)
-unofficial conferences have a 2 year preparatory process (gov reps draft a final conference
document)
-bracketed language (contested terms) hinders development of the movement
-tensions within movements: Cold War framework divided feminist goals
-West: focus on the discrimination frame that explains women’s subordination and
discrimination
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Document Summary
Gendering the agenda: the impact of transnational women"s movement at the un. Article is about: streaming gender analysis into areas formerly considered gender neutral. Prioritizes women"s rights as integral to the achievement of conference goals (un goals) Transnational rights movements changed the framework for global rights issues. The backlash against social women"s movements came in the form of a counter movement coalition. Led by the vatican and religious conservative governments. Offers a theoretical framework for the emergence an development of translational social movements. Explains women"s rights advocates" particular interest in organizing globally. Examines historical emergence of transaction women"s rights organizing. Analyzes the organized backlash that women"s movement encountered. Explains challenges women"s rights advocacy presents to a globalizing world. Transnational social movements are sustained contentious interactions with opponents (national or non national) by connected networks of challengers organized across national boundaries (according to sidney tarrow) I disagree (a dance of contesting takes place)
