"Fight like a girl": social movement and feminism(s) amid the crisis in Greece

• Autores: Eirini Gaitanou
• Localización: Feministische Studien, ISSN 0723-5186, Vol. 35, Nº. 2, 2017, 4 págs.
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper intends to examine the position of women and their struggle in the times of crisis in Greece. It explores at first the effects of the crisis on women, in relation to their position prior to the crisis, their insertion in the labor market and the dominant perception on their role in the society. In order to understand the fact that an autonomous feminist struggle did not seem to develop at first in concrete terms the ideological and cultural background of gender discrimination in the Greek social formation is presented. The recent rise of feminist practices, discourse and organization, its terms and potentials are finally examined, in relation to the women’s struggles that have developed globally in 2017, but also to the intense presence of refugees and their participation to the social and political life.