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'''Women's oppression in globalization, March 2004'''[http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article95]
'''Women's oppression in globalization, March 2004'''[http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article95]


Furhter readings:<br>
Further readings:<br>
'''F.I. World Congres 1979, Women's Liberation'''[http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article1589]
'''F.I. World Congres 1979, Women's Liberation'''[http://www.internationalviewpoint.org/spip.php?article1589]
= Outline of the talk =
== The work of women ==
* Characteristics of the female work force:
** non paid domestic work
** the wages of women
** specific oppression and double exploitation
* Reconstruction of the worker’s family
* Role of the family and contradiction with the potential independence of women
* Conclusions : - the system makes use of the double working day of women
          - man benefit from this situation
                      - women’s work and gender roles
== Origins and growth of the women’s movement in the 19th century ==
* Flora Tristan (1803-1844)
* The First International
** Louise Michel (1830-1905) and the Paris  Commune (1871)
* The Second International
** Specific organisations of women
** Clara Zetkin (1857-1933)
* The Russian Revolution and Alexandra Kollontaï (1872-1952)
== Strategic importance of an autonomous women’s movement ==
* women’s rights in the 19th century
* the new feminism after 1968
* necessity of active participation of women in the struggles
* specific or patriarchal oppression
* autonomous movement and principles of self organisation
* autonomous women’s movement and revolutionary or anticapitalist parties
* autonomous women’s movement  and our vision on socialism
== Conclusions ==
* understanding specific oppression
* neoliberal globalisation and women
* gender studies and other oppressions (racism, ethnic minorities,…)
* the question of the LGBT movement
* victory in the struggles and socialist feminism

Revision as of 15:46, 17 August 2011

Women's oppression in globalization, March 2004[1]

Further readings:
F.I. World Congres 1979, Women's Liberation[2]


Outline of the talk

The work of women

  • Characteristics of the female work force:
    • non paid domestic work
    • the wages of women
    • specific oppression and double exploitation
  • Reconstruction of the worker’s family
  • Role of the family and contradiction with the potential independence of women
  • Conclusions : - the system makes use of the double working day of women

- man benefit from this situation

                     - women’s work and gender roles


Origins and growth of the women’s movement in the 19th century

  • Flora Tristan (1803-1844)
  • The First International
    • Louise Michel (1830-1905) and the Paris Commune (1871)
  • The Second International
    • Specific organisations of women
    • Clara Zetkin (1857-1933)
  • The Russian Revolution and Alexandra Kollontaï (1872-1952)


Strategic importance of an autonomous women’s movement

  • women’s rights in the 19th century
  • the new feminism after 1968
  • necessity of active participation of women in the struggles
  • specific or patriarchal oppression
  • autonomous movement and principles of self organisation
  • autonomous women’s movement and revolutionary or anticapitalist parties
  • autonomous women’s movement and our vision on socialism


Conclusions

  • understanding specific oppression
  • neoliberal globalisation and women
  • gender studies and other oppressions (racism, ethnic minorities,…)
  • the question of the LGBT movement
  • victory in the struggles and socialist feminism