The Transformative and Radical Feminism of Grassroots Migrant Women’s Movement(s) in Canada

Tungohan, E. (2017)
Canadian Journal of Political Science, Volume 50(2), 479-494 | doi:10.1017/S0008423917000622.

I argue in this article that migrant workers’ resistance to neoliberalism, as seen through their participation in the migrant organizations highlights their ability to establish ‘spaces of power’ amid debilitating living and working conditions. This, then, illustrates how feminism in the 21st century is alive and well. In fact, the strengths of their activism show the transformative and radical possibilities of feminism by highlighting that structural transformations, and not only liberal attempts at inclusion, are necessary for gender justice.