Research Article

Conservative Women’s Organizations and their Approaches to the Women’s Rights from the Third Wave Feminist Perspective

Volume: 23 Number: 1 September 17, 2022
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Conservative Women’s Organizations and their Approaches to the Women’s Rights from the Third Wave Feminist Perspective

Abstract

This study focuses on Islamist women's organizations as civil society actors. Although this research is based on a comprehensive field study covering all women's organizations and activists in Eskişehir, only the data gathered from interviews at Islamist women's organizations were analyzed for this study. The study investigates the position of Islamic women's organizations in women's movements in terms of their advocacyof women's rights and their stance against patriarchal domination in line with their understanding of the female body. The discourse of women's rights advocatedin Islamist women's organizations is established concerning Islam. The discourse criticizes gender equality as a universal value and replaces it with gender justice because Islamist women believe that Western Feminism does not cover the reality of Muslim women. In line with the Islamic narration of creation, Islamist women advocate the distribution of justice according to the vital religious notion of created/given natural characteristics (fîtra) of the sexes. In addition, they do not see their bodies as their own but as God's trust and are thus against abortion. Therefore, within the women's movement in Turkey, tension is growing between secular women and Islamist women, between genderequality and gender justice, causing division rather than solidarity among women.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Women's Studies

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Hatice Yeşildal This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

September 17, 2022

Submission Date

March 19, 2021

Acceptance Date

November 16, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 23 Number: 1

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https://izlik.org/JA55CM65UZ

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APA
Cangoz, İ., Gönç Şavran, T., Suğur, S., & Yeşildal, H. (2022). Conservative Women’s Organizations and their Approaches to the Women’s Rights from the Third Wave Feminist Perspective. Kadın/Woman/2000, 23(1), 155-180. https://izlik.org/JA55CM65UZ
AMA
1.Cangoz İ, Gönç Şavran T, Suğur S, Yeşildal H. Conservative Women’s Organizations and their Approaches to the Women’s Rights from the Third Wave Feminist Perspective. JWS. 2022;23(1):155-180. https://izlik.org/JA55CM65UZ
Chicago
Cangoz, İncilay, Temmuz Gönç Şavran, Serap Suğur, and Hatice Yeşildal. 2022. “Conservative Women’s Organizations and Their Approaches to the Women’s Rights from the Third Wave Feminist Perspective”. Kadın/Woman/2000 23 (1): 155-80. https://izlik.org/JA55CM65UZ.
EndNote
Cangoz İ, Gönç Şavran T, Suğur S, Yeşildal H (September 1, 2022) Conservative Women’s Organizations and their Approaches to the Women’s Rights from the Third Wave Feminist Perspective. Kadın/Woman 2000 23 1 155–180.
IEEE
[1]İ. Cangoz, T. Gönç Şavran, S. Suğur, and H. Yeşildal, “Conservative Women’s Organizations and their Approaches to the Women’s Rights from the Third Wave Feminist Perspective”, JWS, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 155–180, Sept. 2022, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA55CM65UZ
ISNAD
Cangoz, İncilay - Gönç Şavran, Temmuz - Suğur, Serap - Yeşildal, Hatice. “Conservative Women’s Organizations and Their Approaches to the Women’s Rights from the Third Wave Feminist Perspective”. Kadın/Woman 2000 23/1 (September 1, 2022): 155-180. https://izlik.org/JA55CM65UZ.
JAMA
1.Cangoz İ, Gönç Şavran T, Suğur S, Yeşildal H. Conservative Women’s Organizations and their Approaches to the Women’s Rights from the Third Wave Feminist Perspective. JWS. 2022;23:155–180.
MLA
Cangoz, İncilay, et al. “Conservative Women’s Organizations and Their Approaches to the Women’s Rights from the Third Wave Feminist Perspective”. Kadın/Woman/2000, vol. 23, no. 1, Sept. 2022, pp. 155-80, https://izlik.org/JA55CM65UZ.
Vancouver
1.İncilay Cangoz, Temmuz Gönç Şavran, Serap Suğur, Hatice Yeşildal. Conservative Women’s Organizations and their Approaches to the Women’s Rights from the Third Wave Feminist Perspective. JWS [Internet]. 2022 Sep. 1;23(1):155-80. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA55CM65UZ