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The contested spati...
The contested spatialities of transnational activism : gendered gatekeeping and gender struggles in an African association of informal workers
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- Lindell, Ilda (author)
- Nordiska Afrikainstitutet,Stockholms universitet,Kulturgeografiska institutionen,Urban Dynamics,Department of Human Geography, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- 2011-03-01
- 2011
- English.
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In: Global Networks. - : Wiley. - 1470-2266 .- 1471-0374. ; 11:2, s. 222-241
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Abstract
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- In this article I explore the geographies of emerging transnational networks of organized informal workers, with empirical reference to a local association based in Mozambique and a transnational network of which it is part. I uncover the gendered spatialities of this transnational activism to demonstrate how participation is unequal and heavily mediated rather than direct. In particular, I show how influential actors have engaged in practices of gendered gatekeeping that tend to keep women in place. I also explore the tensions that emerged because of these practices and the negotiation of divergent gender ideologies and strategies within the network. In the article, I relate to recent theoretical work that problematizes the unequal and contested geographies of transnational activism, and introduce insights from feminist scholarship to reflect on gender inequalities and gender visions in transnational networks.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Social och ekonomisk geografi -- Kulturgeografi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Social and Economic Geography -- Human Geography (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Genusstudier (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Other Social Sciences -- Gender Studies (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVISM
- NETWORKS
- WOMEN'S MOVEMENTS
- INFORMAL WORKERS
- GENDER
- MOZAMBIQUE
- SOCIAL SCIENCES
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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