Definitions of Feminism

Definitions of Feminism In order for international organizations to eliminate gender inequality or oppression they must understand and employ the varying nature, content, and consequence of feminist theory. Elliot and Mandell argue that despite definitional differences, feminist theorists generally share four concerns . First, they assert that feminist theorists seek to understand the gendered nature of virtually all social and institutional relations . Second, or so this argument goes, gender relations are constructed as problematic and as …

…have social and gender content because they are enacted within a gendered set of distributive relations and institutional structures . Therefore, the soundness of economic policy should not be judged by financial criteria or economic growth results but instead by whether it ultimately leads to social justice and gender equality. It must be emphasized that all economic policies remain futile, unless the World Bank encourages governments to setup domestic support levels on financial and legal levels.