Ethnocultural Aspects of the Feminist Movement in the Global South

DOI: 10.33876/2311-0546/2023-4/136-156

Abstract

The article examines the feminist movement in various ethnocultural environments in Asia, Africa and Latin America (Global South) over several decades of the 20th – early 21st centuries. The research is focused on the formation of various types of gender identity within both regional and global feminist movements. The work is based on the analysis of various waves of the world feminist movement and the results of the four largest Women's Forums held under the auspices of the UN in 1975 (Mexico), 1980 (Copenhagen), 1985 (Nairobi) and 1995 (Beijing). Particular attention is paid to the data published as background paper prepared for the 25th anniversary of the Beijing Women's Forum by Maxine Molyneux, Malu A.C. Gatto and Adrija Day, and adopted as a political declaration at the 64^th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women in March 2020 (Political declaration 2020). A comparative analysis of documents and published interviews allowed the author of this article to draw a conclusion about the main trends in the formation of new gender identities among the population of Asia, Africa, and Latin America at present.