Image by Matias Tellez.
What are feminist movements?
They mobilize to challenge the beliefs, social norms, and discriminatory systems that lead to gender inequality, gender-based violence and toxic practices.
For feminist activists, organizations and movements to lead equally, safely and freely in both online and offline spaces, they must be supported so that they can grow in strength, capacity and reach. They are the ones who expose and challenge how patriarchal practices interact with other forms of inequality, and they need protection from violent anti-rights and anti-feminist backlash.
Young people must be supported in creating and implementing their own campaigns. Many of these young people are students, whom Oxfam actively supports in establishing synergies between young campaigners so that they can influence education practices and content.
Case stories
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The Girl who Fought for Freedom and Other Stories of Courage
“South Sudan is a country filled with real-life stories of women and girls who hope, who dream, who fight to change the world around them - but often, these stories are not told. The Girl Who Fought for Freedom and Other Stories of Courage is one of the many efforts to bring to the surface these stories so that they will be told and retold over and over … these stories are a glimpse of the real-life tales of countless of women heroes in the country.”
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Actúa: Bolivian campaign against violence against women
Follow a feminist movement led by young women in Bolivia who champion women’s rights and advocate for the end of Violence Against Women (VAW).