Intersectional advocacy, extra-parliamentary action and activism

Abstract

Political representation is a constitutive process that occurs both within and beyond parliamentary chambers. This panel will explore extra-parliamentary action including advocacy and activism from diverse perspectives. Papers concern the perspectives and experiences of intersectionally marginalised extra parliamentary (civil society) representatives, in diverse geographical contexts. Specifically, papers explore intersectionality, memorialization, and activism in South Africa, focusing on the failure of democratic state institutions to address the intersectional experiences of female activists; Black feminism/womanism in South Africa and creative efforts to articulate and represent such perspectives; the experiences of Syrian refugee women in Turkey; the work of refugee women’s organisations in the UK concerning refugee women’s political agency; and the advocacy of women’s groups in relation to the Senate in Canada and opportunities for substantive representation.

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Reimagining Refugee Women’s Agency and Authorship: Feminist Empowerment Strategies in the British Asylum Sector	View Paper Details
Opportunities and Influence: Women’s Representation and Advocacy in the Canadian Senate	View Paper Details
Intersectionality, Memorialization, and Activism in South Africa: The Case of Nokuthula Simelane	View Paper Details
“We’re all alike; we’re women”: Black South African Feminism and the Politics of Representation in Miriam Tlali’s Soweto Stories	View Paper Details
RELATIONS of TOLERANCE: SYRIAN WOMEN, INTERNAL BORDERS, AND PUBLIC SPACE	View Paper Details