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 WHAT IS FEMINISM?
Feminism is a collection of movements and
ideologies.
Establishing.
Defending .
Political.
Socio-Economic rights for women.
Women Suffrage.
HISTORY OFFEMINISM
❖Charles Fourier(1837) is credited with
having coined the word feminism.

Dependence:

Historic Culture Country Causes Goals moment

 FIRST-WAVE FEMINISM

19th and 20th century FEMINISM

United kingdom and USA IS THE RADICAL
Period of activity At the end of 19 .th
1
NOTION THAT
. Equal century WOMEN ARE PEOPLE
contract 1. Political power
2. Women suffrage
. Marriage
. Parenting 3. Women’s
reproductive
. Property
4. Economic Rights
Rights
 FIRST-WAVE OF
FEMINISM:

Driven by combination of social,

and economic forces.

bring T> c The first organized “feminists”

VOTEPS political activism involved
campaigns for VOTE and
Let "Women
EQUALITY.
SECOND WAVE OF FEMINISM
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In 1960, during the
feminism a remarkable event in
r human history had happened - the end
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• Suddenly women became active
in politics, demanded and won the
rights to university education, to a
career, to easy divorce.
• Suddenly women began voting
men
 THIRD WAVE OF FEMINISM
The Third wave of Feminism
PRESIC -

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Levels Of Government.
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or oppress women.
Gender violence has become a central issue for third-
wave feminists.
 FEMINIST THEORY
Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into
theoretical or philosophical fields.
It encompasses work in a variety of disciplines:
• Anthropology.
Sociology.
Economics and women's studies Literary
criticism, art history and philosophy.
FEMINIST THEORY
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women
Feminist theory aims to understand gender
inequality and focuses on gender politics, power
relations. While providing a critique of these
social and political relations, much of feminist
theory also focuses on women interest and
rights.

FEMINISM MOVEMENT AND

IDEOLOGIES
Many overlapping feminist movements and ideologies
have developed over the years.
Liberalism and conservatism.
Focus on the environment.
Liberal feminism: It seeks individualistic equality of
men and women through political and legal reform
without altering the structure of society.
 Octavia Butler, award-winning feminist
science fiction author.

LITERATURE
The feminist
movement the
produced both
feminist fiction and
non-fiction, and
created new
interest in
women's writing.
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To spread awareness and knowledge about what feminism works for. Equality.
Everyone who has a mother, sister, daughter, son or a
friend would want them to have

respect and rights, right?