GlAntiFem · Globalizing Anti-Feminism: A Phenomenology of Transnational Networks of Islamic Women Organizations

Globalizing Anti-Feminism: A Phenomenology of Transnational Networks of Islamic Women Organizations

The overall objective of GlAntiFem has been to gain groundbreaking knowledge on the phenomenon of transnational networks of Islamic women organizations in the Middle East. It has sought to understand their emergence, their discourses on feminism, and their stances towards international conventions, particularly those related to women and family. Through a study of contemporary discourse and praxis of women activists and organizations that advocate for a non-feminist approach, it has addressed: • the relationship that the non-feminist Islamic paradigm has with feminist counterparts; • the emancipatory project that non-feminist Islamic women advocacy espouses on women and family issues; • the institutionalization processes of non-feminist Islamic women organizations and their transnational networks; and • the specific activities that Islamic women organizations engage in to impact international conventions and UN policies on women, family and development. GlAntiFem’s overarching question "How can we understand the phenomenon of transnational networks of Islamic women groups and organizations?" was sought out through three main objectives: 1) An analysis of the historical genesis and epistemology of the anti-feminist paradigm and its relationship with feminist currents in the Arab-Muslim world. 2) An investigation of the counter-discourse of anti-feminism in terms of power modalities and the reconfiguration of knowledge on women emancipation. 3) Mapping of the transnational networks of anti-feminist organizations and their mobilization locally and globally. Emerging merging during the 1990s, the phenomenon of such transnational Islamic networks is relatively recent and has yet to receive its due attention in the current scholarship. To illustrate the potentials of their mobilization and the specific critique against the UN, this project has paid special attention to the opposition against the UN Sustainable Development Agenda 2030. The analysis of the critique of the Agenda has provided a unique insight into how non-state actors contest the UN, including the political circumstances that prevented this critique from gaining a larger momentum after 2016.

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