In Britain, new waves of Feminists are being trained and
educated in ways of nonviolent protests. The Suffragette Summer School is a two-day
training camp that hopes to educate and inspire a new generation of
Feminists. There are more than 500
individuals that have already signed up to participate in learning creative and
legal ways to put feminist issues into the spotlight again. The organizers of
the camp want to express the importance that people know their legal rights to
protest as well as feminism being alive.
In Britain’s Parliament there are still gender inequalities such as men
outnumbering women four to one. This growing resurgence of feminism has been
sparked in part due to a string of feminist publications. Questions are being
asked about what can this movement do instead of “ Where is feminism?” There are several protests planned to help the participant put their new ideas and skills into
action. Protests are planned to be outside the House of Commons in October and
another one in response to delegates meeting for the pornography industry at an
annual conference. Kat Banyard, founder of UK Feminista, says that this new
movement is “ a reminder that there is a global movement out there, they are
not on their own.” She emphasizes
that the very act of coming together can be very powerful in its self.
In
our first week of class we have been talking about how to start at movement. I
was excited when I found this article because I think this movement in Britain,
gives a better understanding of how to see a social movement addressing social issues
in stages. Feeling that women are still unequal to men in their country the
organizers and participants are trying to bring social recognition that gender
inequality is still prominent. The
surge in published media discussing feminism in mainstream society in Britain
is helping in the process of social legitimation. Finally this two-day camp is
bringing awareness to people and what their rights are to protest. These groups
plan on mobilizing for action is scheduling two protests in the upcoming
months. I think this was a great article that illustrates how to start a
movement. As a woman its nice to read articles that feminism is not dead and
people are starting to revitalize the movement.
Jennifer Fales
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