Transnational Feminist Dialogues in Times of Corona Crisis
About the event
In the current crisis, issues that have long been critically discussed and researched by gender studies scholars, e.g. care work, domestic violence, gendered division of labour, etc., suddenly become frequently discussed topics in the political and public sphere. At the same time, the Corona crisis drastically shows once again how patriarchal patterns continue to shape people's thoughts and actions: Crisis management and expertise are linked to masculinity and care work to femininity. Although the virus itself may not discriminate, it is associated with different aspects of vulnerability that feminist scholars underline from an intersectional/diversity perspective. During the lockdown, sexualized violence reaches alarming levels. Migrant and refugee women, homeless people but also nurses or other blue collar workers who have to take the crowded underground trains every morning are much more threatened by the disease; poor women with children are suffering job loss or have to cope with the double burden under lockdown conditions. Feminist activists and researchers continue to be attacked since the coronavirus crisis began, the pandemic is being used as an argument to reinforce the backlash against gender studies and feminist politics.
These are the subjects we want to discuss in the second issue of our Transnational Feminist Dialogues with scholars and activists in an online round table series. Each session will include inputs of 3 or 4 experts (10 min. each) on a subject. They will reflect on perspectives and challenges that the current situation brings along from a feminist and transnational point of view. Afterwards, the audience will have the possibility to discuss with the experts.
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