Feminist democracy in a Brexit environment - a political dynamic more than hegemony
When you do things together with others, you hold that inside you - a glimpse of the world you are trying to create

Page, Margaret; Cohen, Sue

Abstract

The co-authors of this paper have come together as feminist activists who are also researchers. Between us we represent several organisations with a mission to promote and defend women’s equality, working with local, regional and national and international policy networks in the process . All of us have played a leading role in setting up organisations which have interrelated with infrastructures evolved from the architecture to promote women’s equality in diverse local communities, developed with feminists in NGOs, public services and government. Each of us has contributed to research to support campaigning in and through these organisations and networks, but also more widely to support democratic processes - at a local government level, with EU policy-making institutions and with the Council of Europe. We consider this work to be a part of the generally unfunded and under resourced infrastructure that is necessary to defend and embed mechanisms to promote gender mainstreaming and further its transformative potential.

Citation

When you do things together with others, you hold that inside you - a glimpse of the world you are trying to create. Paper presented at 13th European Sociological Conference, Athens, Greece

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: 13th European Sociological Conference
• Conference Location: Athens, Greece
• Start Date: Aug 29, 2017
• End Date: Sep 1, 2017
• Acceptance Date: Sep 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Mar 27, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 27, 2018
• Journal: 13th Conference of the European Sociological Association
• Print ISSN: 2522-2562
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 432
• Keywords: gender equality, Brexit, feminist, democracy, EU
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/881814
• Publisher URL: http://www.fairplaysouthwest.org.uk/links
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : 13th European Sociological Conference, Athens, August 29-September 1 2017