Power, Institutionalisation, and Religion: Gender-Washing as a Tool of Autocratic Control

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Result on the web
<a href="https://cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cjir/issue/view/154/35" target="_blank" >https://cjir.iir.cz/index.php/cjir/issue/view/154/35</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.32422/cjir.1490" target="_blank" >10.32422/cjir.1490</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Power, Institutionalisation, and Religion: Gender-Washing as a Tool of Autocratic Control
Original language description
This article reflects on Rola El-Husseini's critique of the Western doublestandards concerning women's rights and religious freedom in her work"Double Standards and Dissonance: Women's Rights and Freedom ofReligion in the Global North." It expands on the concept of "gender-washing,"illustrating how both left- and right-wing authoritarian regimes exploitgender equality rhetoric for political gains without genuine efforts towardequality. Through examples from Czechoslovakia and contemporary India,the article explores how different ideologies - from Marxism-Leninism toreligious nationalism - use women's rights as a façade while maintainingautocratic control. It also engages with postcolonial feminist critiques ofWestern universalism.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)

Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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