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Religious Fundamentalisms on the Rise: a Case for Auction

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Religious fundamentalisms are gaining strength within the world’s major and minor religions, and across all the world’s regions. In the views of women’s rights activists, these movements have intensified over the last ten years, and have grown more visible, strategic and aggressive. Religious fundamentalisms are a global phenomenon that responds to shifting global forces and developments. In the context of neoliberal globalization, the “War on Terror” and the rise of identity politics, these movements are gaining ground not only in “weak” or “non-secular” states, but also within ostensibly “secular” systems and democracies. In the experience of women’s rights activists, a significant factor in the current rise of religious fundamentalisms is the backlash against women’s improved status or increased autonomy, and against the recognition of new frameworks for human rights. Religious fundamentalisms are active at grassroots, national and regional levels, and within international arenas, they are becoming increasingly influential – stalling efforts on rights treaties, diluting progressive discourse and creating alliances to immobilize the international human rights system. As these movements continue to evolve – forging international links, co-opting the language of rights and gender justice, employing sophisticated media and technology, and appealing to individuals in subjective and material ways – progressive movements must also continue to evolve effective strategies to resist and challenge religious undamentalisms, and to reclaim critical discourses, spaces and constituents

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KP. XV BAL r

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: Association for Women's Rights in Development (AWID)., 0

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31p. ; 28cm

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English

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Kp.XV

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Perempuan
Agama
Hak asasi manusia
Fundamentalism

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