scholarly journals The Impact of Women's Activism on the Peace Negotiations in Cyprus

2021 ◽  
pp. 50-65
Author(s):  
Olga Demetriou ◽  
Maria Hadjipavlou
Keyword(s):  
Women's Activism ◽  
Peace Negotiations ◽  
The Impact

Enterprising activism

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah Bassel ◽  
Akwugo Emejulu
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Minority Women ◽  
Enterprise Culture ◽  
Women's Activism ◽  
The Third ◽  
Welfare Mix ◽  
Third Sector Organisations ◽  
The Third Sector ◽  
The Impact

In this chapter, we explore how the changing politics of the third sector under austerity problematises minority women’s intersectional social justice claims in Scotland, England and France. We begin by exploring the ‘governable terrain’ of the third sector in each country since the 1990s. As the principle of a ‘welfare mix’ becomes normalised in each country, the reality of having different welfare providers vying for state contracts seems to prompt isomorphic changes whereby third sector organisations refashion themselves in the image of the private sector as a necessity for survival. We then move on to discuss the impact these changes in the third sector are having on minority women’s activism. We analyse how the idea of enterprise has become entrenched within these organisations and how an enterprise culture is problematically reshaping the ways in which organisations think about their mission, practices and programmes of work—especially in relation to minority women. We conclude with a discussion about what the marketisation of the third sector means for minority women. We argue that political racelessness is enacted through enterprise as minority women’s interests are de-politicised and de-prioritised through the transformation of the third sector.

Women's Organizations and Movements in the Commonwealth Caribbean: The Response to Global Economic Crisis in the 1980s

1998 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhoda Reddock
Keyword(s):  
Structural Adjustment ◽  
Women's Organizations ◽  
Women's Activism ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Women's Equality ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Commonwealth Caribbean ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Women’S Organizations

In this paper I explore the emergence of women's organizations and feminist consciousness in the twentieth century in the English-speaking (Commonwealth) Caribbean. The global ideas concerning women's equality from the 1960s onwards clearly informed the initiatives taken by both women and states of the Caribbean. None the less, the paper illustrates, by use of examples, the interlocked nature of women's struggles with the economic, social and political issues which preoccupy the region's population. I examine in greater detail two case studies of women's activism and mobilization around the impact of structural adjustment policies in the two territories of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. By tracing the connections between and among the organizations and initiatives of women in the region, the paper situates the feminist movement in the English-speaking Caribbean as a continuously evolving one, fusing episodic struggles in different territories, engaging women of different classes and groups, and continuously building on past experience.

Women’s Activism in U.S. Labor Unions

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Margaret Fonow ◽  
Suzanne Franzway
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Labor Movement ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Labor Rights ◽  
Women's Activism ◽  
Trade Union Movement ◽  
Labor Activism ◽  
Lgbt Community ◽  
The Impact

This chapter reviews the history and practices of women’s mobilization, within and through the trade union movement, aimed at the reconfiguration of structures and relations of power to achieve economic justice and labor rights for women. While there is a long history of women’s activism in the labor movement, the chapter focuses on the post–World War II period to the present in order to capture the impact of structural changes in the global economy on women’s work and labor activism. Women, the LGBT community, immigrants, and men of color are at the forefront of the activism that is revitalizing the U.S. labor movement. Activists are working to expand the scope of labor issues beyond the workplace by borrowing discourses from other social movements, developing new mobilizing networks, organizing strategies and repertories of action, and forging coalitions and alliances across movements and even across national boundaries.

“Spoiling” in the Public Sphere: Political Opposition to Peace Negotiations and the Referendum Campaign in Colombia

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Joana Amaral
Keyword(s):  
Peace Process ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Political Opposition ◽  
Peace Agreement ◽  
Political Actors ◽  
Peace Negotiations ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Peace referendums can be exploited by political actors who may gain politically from opposing a peace process. This article explores how political opposition affects peace negotiations, particularly when a referendum is used to ratify an agreement, through the study of the Colombian peace negotiations between the government of President Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). It finds that the exclusive character of the negotiations, coupled with their confidentiality, contributed to the political opposition’s capacity to influence public opinion against the peace process and to reject the peace agreement in the 2016 referendum. This qualitative study is based on the content analysis of reports, memoirs and interviews with key negotiation delegates, journalists and representatives of the referendum campaigns. It argues that political inclusion in peace negotiations can help prevent referendum spoiling, while public information and education during the negotiations can reduce the impact of disinformation and manipulation campaigns.

scholarly journals Civil Society at the Negotiation Table, Legitimacy Beliefs and Durable Peace

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Direnç Kanol
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Treatment Group ◽  
Controlled Experiment ◽  
Peace Negotiations ◽  
Peace Agreements ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Legitimacy Beliefs ◽  
Durable Peace ◽  
Peace Treaties

It is argued that including civil society at the negotiation table can increase the perceived legitimacy of peace treaties. As a result, it can contribute to the consolidation of peace. In this paper, the author presents the findings from a controlled experiment in order to test the impact of inclusive peace negotiations on the perceived legitimacy of peace treaties. Contrary to the expectations of the scholars working on the inclusiveness and the consolidation of peace hypothesis, the results show that the treatment group in the experiment does not perceive inclusive peace agreements to be more legitimate.

Orange Harvest?: Women's Activism and Civil Society in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia since 2004

2010 ◽  
Vol 44 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 151-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Hrycak
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Women's Activism ◽  
Political Opportunity ◽  
State Repression ◽  
The Impact

AbstractRising authoritarianism throughout post-Soviet countries has met with responses ranging from small-scale revolts to “electoral revolutions.” This article analyzes women's activism to explore the impact of domestic political opportunity dynamics on the trajectory of civic organizing in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. The extent and form of state repression are shown to affect the development of women's activism by influencing the number, scope and capacity of women's nongovernmental organizations.

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