The document discusses feminism and the feminist movement. It defines feminism as the analysis and elimination of the global subordination of women. It outlines some of the history of feminism, including early conferences in the 1970s, the abolitionist and suffrage movements, and the first and second waves of feminist movements in the late 19th to early 20th centuries and 1960s-1990s respectively. It also discusses three types of feminism - liberal feminism which advocates extending rights to women, radical feminism which sees patriarchy as the root cause, and critical feminism which sees economic disparity and capitalism as causes of gender inequality.

1. General
Discussion
Your views

2. Who is best?
Man or Women

3. Who deserves
Public life?
Man or Women

4. What you say ?
Women are subordinate to
men.

5. What you say?
Man = Women

6. Does Women
Deserve These
rights?
Education, Social, Political,
Economical and Legal

7. What is your topic
of the day?

8. Feminism

9. Definition
“Feminism is fundamentally rooted in an analysis
of the global subordination of women which can
occur economically, politically and socially and is
dedicated to its elimination”. (Beylis.p.191)

10. Historical Background
World Conference on Women 1975
 World Plan of Action
 Declaration of Mexico
 Title IX

11. Historical Background
Abolitionist Movement
 Suffragist Movement

12. First-wave of
feminist movement
(1890’s to 1960)
Mary Wollstonecraft’s A
Vindication of the Rights
of Woman is regarded
as the earliest and the
foundation work of
feminist movement

13. First-wave of
feminist movement
The focus of the first
phrase of the
movement is on
acquisition of rights that
was reserved for men,
such as the right to
work and most
importantly, the right to
vote
1932 Soviet poster
for International
Women’s Day

14. Second-wave
Feminist Movement
(1960s-1990s)
Carol Hanisch’s essay “The Personal is
Political” is the representation of
second-wave feminism.
“Women’s Liberation” is the slogan of the
second-wave movement

15. •Second-wave feminism
also drew attention to the
issues of domestic
violence,and women's
shelters, and brought
about changes in custody
laws and divorce law.
Second-wave

16. UN Progress Report
Global Earning of Women was 24%
US Women’s Earning was 78% of
Every Dollar
African American’s Earning was 64%
of every Dollar
Latinas women earned 56%
The worldwide earning of women was
75 of unpaid labour in the home
In 2015 eleven women remained head
of state while 60% remained illiterate.

17. Three types of
Feminism
 Liberal Feminism
 Radical Feminism
 Critical Feminism

18. Liberal Feminism
Liberal Feminist theorist advocate that the rights and
presentation conventionally granted to men be extended
to women.
 It focuses on the change of institutions to increase
women representation at national and international
governance.
While it also demand changes in laws and allow
women’s participation.
Inequality and discrimination among women are the
root cause of violence. There exist gender inequality
which can be ended when women get the same rights as
men, through legal, political, educational and other
reforms within the existing system.

19. Radical Feminism
 Men are responsible for benefits from
exploitation of women
 They held Patriarchy responsible
 Radical Feminist demand the over throw of
Patriarchy rather than reformatory changes
within the system
 They try to develop sisterhood

20. Critical Feminism
 Patriarchy is the social cause
 Economic disparity is the mean cause
 They support Marxist theories
 Oppose Capitalism
 the Cause of gender inequality is Paid and
Unpaid labour
 Devaluation of women’s work
 to change the society as whole
 Improve condition of individuals