FeministTWAIL: Symposium Introduction

Sen, Rohini ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8782-2474, Abdelkarim, Shaimaa and Ghadery, Farnush (2024) FeministTWAIL: Symposium Introduction. TWAIL Review.

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Abstract

TWAIL (Third World Approaches to International Law) and feminisms are epistemological critiques and approaches that apprehend and interrogate international law for its colonial, capitalist, patriarchal continuities. While TWAIL addresses the imperial, colonial modes of international law without implicating patriarchy, dominant liberal feminist approaches unmask their patriarchal coding without necessarily attending to colonial modernities/the empire. Lying at the dialogical intersection of these approaches, critical feminisms have refocused feminist debates on a) the colonial-capitalist-patriarchal matrix of international law and b) the interventions and influences of feminist movements in/of/from the global south and their contributions to shaping the international legal system...

Item Type: Other
Uncontrolled Keywords: TWAIL | Feminisms
Subjects: Social Sciences and humanities > Social Sciences > Gender Studies
Divisions: Jindal Global Law School
Depositing User: Mr. Syed Anas Ali
Date Deposited: 29 Jun 2026 12:06
Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026 12:06
Official URL: https://twailr.com/feministtwail-symposium-introdu...
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/11854

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