Unequal pay, the unfair distribution of care work, and everyday patriarchal violence: Feminist groups have long been fighting to change all of this! For them, it's clear: "When we strike, the world stands still." Therefore, March 8th is repeatedly discussed as an important day of feminist struggle and strikes as a means of action. In this episode, Chris speaks with Linda and Emilce from the Colectiva Feminista de Abya Yala in Dresden. They talk about their plans for March 8th this year, their work in the collective, and what decoloniality means to them. How did the Colectiva come about? How do "women and dissidents" organize themselves within it? And what is the story behind the green scarves that people repeatedly wear at feminist demonstrations?
We also report in the news on a pilot project for a four-day workweek and the Federal Ministry of Justice's current reform proposals for the law of parentage. We also examine why Sophie Lewis calls for the abolition of the family and what Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarsinha proposes as an alternative form for organizing care in a more self-determined manner.
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News
Article on the pilot study by Intraprenör
Dossier on reducing working hours
Link to the DJB's statement on the Federal Ministry of Justice's key points for a reform of the law on descent
Interview
Colectiva Feminista de Abya Yala
Instagram: @feministas_abya_yala
Linktree: linktr.ee/feministas_abyayala_dd
Vision
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (2018): Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
Sophie Lewis (2023): Abolishing the Family: How We Reinvent Care Work and Kinship
Glossary
Femicide: The violent murder of girls, women, and feminized people because of their gender. Many people use the term synonymously with femicide, although the latter particularly emphasizes the political and structural dimension of these murders.
Transfemicide: The violent murder of a woman or a femin(ized) person because she is trans.
Ni Una Menos (German: "Not One Less"): A movement that originated in Argentina and criticizes patriarchal violence against women and feminized people, particularly in the form of femicide. The platform "Keine Mehr" (No More) was founded in Germany in 2017.
Disability Justice: The Disability Justice movement distances itself from the demand for more rights and access for disabled people and criticizes the social conditions that categorize bodies differently. Central assumptions are: All bodies are unique and important. All bodies have strengths and needs that must be met. We are strong, not despite our complex bodies, but because of them. Central to the disability justice movement is also the exploration of the interconnectedness of ableism/disabilityism with other forms of oppression (such as sexism, racism, homophobia, etc.). For more information in English, see here.
Charity Model: The charity model is a model of disability that promotes the assumption that disabled people are helpless, suffering, and victims or affected by their impairment(s). In this model, people with disabilities are viewed as recipients of social assistance and support, not as active, self-determined individuals who excel beyond their disability.
Music
Rihanna: Work
Scott Holmes Music: Positive and Fun
Tim Taj: Upbeat Happy
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