Young activists of IUSY member organisations have met 27-30 June 2019, at Salvador Allende Haus in Germany to reflect on the theme Gender mainstreaming in youth organisations.
The IUSY Feminist Working Group has further discussed on women empowerment, intersectionality, representation and prevention of sexualized violence with a unique left perspective. We believe the fight against patriarchy must be the fight against all privileges and exploitations. Therefore, we have highlighted the difference from right and liberal feminism and have stressed for the need to:
- change the structure of society in order to achieve real equality. It’s not enough to cancel limitations;
- consider other struggles requiring attention and association with the needs in pursuing for gender equality;
- emphasise that the only feminism is intersectional feminism;
- analyse the reality through the lens of socialist intersectional feminism and to bring the left perspective to the centre of the table;
- have internal tools and common understanding of topics related to feminism in order to implement gender equality in the MO’s & in IUSY;
The Feminist Working Group has resolved to develop and publish a toolkit in December in order to inform, form and transform the knowledge.
No feminism without socialism, no socialism without feminism
Salvador Allende Haus, Germany, 29thJune 2019