why gender justice & dismantling patriarchy?

This guide by Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) frames gender justice and the dismantling of patriarchy as essential components of systemic change. It defines patriarchy as a system that exploits women's bodies and work for the benefit of men, operating through a sexual division of labour that separates public (paid/decision-making) and private (unpaid/care) spaces. The text employs an intersectional analysis, explaining how patriarchy interlinks with capitalism, racism, neocolonialism, and heteronormativity to maintain power hierarchies. It specifically highlights ecofeminism to illustrate the parallel exploitation of women and nature within a capitalist extractivist model. The document concludes by advocating for alliances between feminist movements, Indigenous Peoples, and environmental justice activists to achieve a world of autonomy and equality.

• FoEI identifies the dismantling of patriarchy and the pursuit of gender justice as prerequisites for broader systemic transformation and the realization of social and environmental justice.
• Grassroots, anti-capitalist feminism is presented as a political tool and analysis of power that is rooted in the collective experiences of women across rural and urban settings, globally and regionally.
• Ecofeminist analysis reveals a connection between the capitalist extractivist model's appropriation of territories and its exploitation of women's bodies and reproductive capacities, which the system treats as infinite resources to offset capitalist crises.
• Patriarchy maintains power through a sexual division of labour that assigns the public sphere (paid work and decision-making) to men and the private sphere (unpaid domestic and care work) to women.
• Heteronormativity is identified as a structure that enforces the nuclear family model to ensure the continued provision of unpaid domestic and reproductive labour for the patriarchal capitalist system.
• Neocolonialism is described as the violent appropriation and erasure of cultures and territories, which increases control over women's bodies through trafficking, forced prostitution, and sexual violence to serve the interests of imperialistic States and transnational corporations.

APA

Alldridge, C., Ramos, C., Bhatnagar, D., Ranford, F., Geuskens, I., Kulic, I., Kpondzo, K., Gonçalves, M., Drago, M., Salvático, N., Atukwatse, P., Uwaka, R., Hasan, R., Castro, S., & Quiroa, S. (2020). why gender justice & dismantling patriarchy? Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Why-Gender-Justice-and-Dismantling-Patriarchy-booklet_Friends-of-the-Earth-International_EN.pdf

Chicago

Alldridge, Celia, Claudia Ramos, Dipti Bhatnagar, Fiona Ranford, Isabelle Geuskens, Ivana Kulic, Kwami Kpondzo, et al. why gender justice & dismantling patriarchy? Friends of the Earth International, 2020. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Why-Gender-Justice-and-Dismantling-Patriarchy-booklet_Friends-of-the-Earth-International_EN.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{alldridge2020why, author = {Alldridge, Celia and Ramos, Claudia and Bhatnagar, Dipti and Ranford, Fiona and Geuskens, Isabelle and Kulic, Ivana and Kpondzo, Kwami and Gonçalves, Marília and Drago, Martín and Salvático, Natalia and Atukwatse, Peruth and Uwaka, Rita and Hasan, Rizwana and Castro, Sam and Quiroa, Silvia}, title = {{why gender justice \& dismantling patriarchy?}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2020}, month = jan, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Why-Gender-Justice-and-Dismantling-Patriarchy-booklet_Friends-of-the-Earth-International_EN.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }