Women’s equality is still a distant prospect worldwide. The rhetoric of equality too often goes hand in hand with political, economic, and social discrimination and gender-based violence. Over the past decade, the U.S.-based Lean In and #MeToo movements have generated productive discussions about gender equity. Verónica Gago is one of the leaders of new feminist internationalism, with a broad and deep agenda which addresses the structural forces—financial, economic, and political—that threaten the progress of gender justice around the world.
What are the different dimensions of global gender inequality, and how are they related? What are the prospects for effective transnational collective action and effective policy change? How strong is the global backlash against feminism, and how might it be overcome? Verónica Gago and Nesrine Malik explored these questions in a conversation moderated by Jennifer Szalai.
This event was part of the Georgetown Global Dialogues, which featured leading intellectuals from the Global South in forward-looking conversations with U.S.-based thinkers across a range of topics. It was co-sponsored by the Gender+ Justice Initiative, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, and Women's and Gender Studies Program at Georgetown University.
