[Reader-list] Women’s Movements and Engagement with Economic Equality Question

[Kabir Khan]

Women’s Movements and Engagement with Economic Equality Question
<https://maleccha.wordpress.com/2016/12/29/womens-movements-and-engagement-with-economic-equality-question/>

It’s a bit strange when big shot academicians say women’s movements in
India have done very little to address economic questions of ‘the other
sex’ and go on further stating that the only achievement of feminist
movements is that they have pressurized for social change through framing
of laws like Sexual Harassment at Work-place, Protection of Women from
Domestic  Violence or the ongoing movement against Triple Talaq and entry
in religious places etc. etc. The given critique of feminist movements in
India restricts the social, culture or say ‘sexual’ space as their only
sphere of influence.For that matter even in the given critique, the
struggle against Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act in Kashmir and Manipur
by women including the participation of Irom Sharmila and fight of Soni
Sori, Dayamani Barla against corporate and Indian state’s hand in hand
oppression is not included at all. Mum! about it.
According to men of papers, the women movements have undertaken the
struggle without addressing structural economic questions. I can be wrong,
but I feel it is misplaced judgement, starting from the struggle of beedi
workers in 80s, Chipko Movement in 70s, (we only know two names- Sundarlal
Bahuguna and Chandi Prasad Bhatt, nothing against them, but those are just
two men in the movement of hundreds of women), creation of Mahila SEWA Bank
1974 (10 years before Yunus Khan thought about smaller credit
-unfortunately called micro-finance loans, which apparently are given at
skyrocketing rate of interests from the grants Mr. Khan received from aid
agencies) to recent policies for domestic workers, Street Vendors law and
wastepickers inclusion in Solid Waste Management Rules, women were and are
in the center stage of the struggle, tragedy is that the understanding of
these initiatives is made gender neutral by the men of words. Continued
here...
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