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Analysis Of Equity, Diversity And Inclusivity

Decent Essays

The last section within the topic of equity, diversity and inclusivity, examines whether or not this organization understands/explains women’s oppression and whether or not it reinforces the frame of “culture” and “tradition.” The Feminist Majority Foundation has been immersed in a campaign to support women and girls in their fight against the brutal oppression of the Taliban. Thus, this is a reason why the campaign exclusively focuses on the gender-based oppression of “Third World” women, without acknowledging the role of racism, colonialism, and economic exploitation. It also claims unity with “Third World” women and women of color, but the campaign is actually contributing to the stereotyping of Third World cultures as “uncivilized,” which ends up justifying imperialist intervention. This can be related to the reading on Dilemmas of Transnational Feminist Practice where the author questions language and visual evidence for the human rights violation discourse by individual programs. This leads into the discussion of universalizing the “Third World,” making them appear “violent” and thus, creating the idea that the Third World is universalized and is viewed as “poor women and children; victims (Grewal, 302). This campaign assumes “Western” superiority through its Orientalist focus on “the veil” and gender segregation as symbolic of women’s oppression and its implicit assumption that the US embodies gender equality and women’s human’s rights. This Orientalist logic actually

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