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Cosmopolitan Feminism and Human Rights
- Hypatia
- Indiana University Press
- Volume 22, Number 4, Fall 2007
- pp. 180-198
- Article
- Additional Information
Reilly offers an account of cosmopolitan feminism as emancipatory political practice in an age of globalization. This entails a critical engagement with international human rights law; a global feminist consciousness that contests patriarchal, capitalist, and racist power dynamics in a context of neoliberal globalization; cross-boundaries dialogue that recognizes the intersectionality of forms of oppression; collaborative transnational strategizing on concrete issues; and the utilization of global forums as sites of cosmopolitan solidarity and citizen action.