Are all women experiencing the same oppressions? Can we homogenize feminist discourses? Is it possible to continue colonial practices in the way Western women perceive “non-Western” women’s status, rights and experiences and viceversa? Is the West still seeking to preserve its subjectivity and dominance through tokenism, intersectional and gender equality approaches?
A first look into Postcolonial Feminism.
Listen to related episodes:

38. Androcentric vs. Gynocentric View of the World
42. Nuclear Ban Treaty Begins: Gender & Postcolonial Perspectives
48. Postcolonial Theory 101 - What It Reveals of Mainstream IR

? Join us in this exploration and follow us on Instagram @womanhood_ir.
Recommended readings of this episode:

Can the Subaltern Speak?, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism & Feminism Without Borders, Chandra Talpade Mohanty
The Invention of Women, Oyèrónkẹ́ Oyěwùmí
Postcolonial Encounters in International Relations, Alina Sajed
The Postcolonial Perspective: Why We Need to Decolonize Norms, Charlotte Epstein
The Coloniality of Gender, Maria Lugones
Feminismos Postcoloniales: Buscando la equidad, Irene Martinez Martin & Montserrat Blanco
VIDEO. Colonialidad del Género y Poder: De la Postcolonialidad a la Descolonialidad
VIDEO. Why “Third-World” Feminism Matters | Barani Maung Maung | TEDxOccidentalCollege