Feminism is the bedrock for a socially just and ecologically sustainable world
SHOBHA SHUKLA - CNS
Feminist fossil-fuel free future is the only way to save our planet and ensure development justice for everyone of us
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Recently, over 500 feminist leaders from 38 countries across Asia and the Pacific region gathered in Chiang Mai, Thailand at the 4th Asia Pacific Feminist Forum (APFF 2024) to deliberate upon their collective journeys for building a world that is free of patriarchy, corporate capitalism, imperialism and colonialism, militarism and religious fundamentalism.
A feminist fossil-fuel free world is one where development justice is a reality for everyone. In other words, in a feminist world, a socially just and ecologically sustainable way of life for everyone (and our planet) becomes a reality.
They analyzed the current systemic and structural oppressive forces behind injustices prevailing in the region; envisioned a feminist world that is free, just and able to support all of us on this planet, leaving no one behind; and explored the strategies needed to create such a feminist world order based on the development justice model.
Where are we today?
Over the last 40 years or so, the global economic and political system dictated by corporate capitalism has defined a development model that has channeled wealth, power and resources from the working peoples to the rich (less than 1% of global population), and from developing countries to a few wealthy countries. It has increased forced labour migration and caused finance, environment, food and energy crises that continue to devastate lives in the Global South.
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