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Feminist governance in Asia: areas of contestation and cooperation

In: Handbook of Feminist Governance

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  • Rashila Ramli
  • Sharifah Syahirah

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This chapter focuses on feminist governance in Asia - specifically within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Asia Pacific Forum for Women, Law and Development (APWLD), as a regional intergovernmental organisation (IGO) and regional civil society organisation (CSO) respectively. It discusses gender equality advocacy within these regional actors and analyse interlinkages between them based on three main components of feminist governance. We show that there are areas of contestation and cooperation between the two organisations but that contestation within ASEAN tends to prevail over cooperation, while feminist governance is embraced within CSOs such as APWLD. The article examines how CEDAW and other global human rights documents serve as catalysts of feminist governance in the Asian region and how CSO networks as well as specific actors within IGOs can augment state obligations to eliminate discrimination and promote gender equality. We conclude that feminist governance values are strong, but its mechanisms and networks still face numerous challenges.

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  • Rashila Ramli & Sharifah Syahirah, 2023. "Feminist governance in Asia: areas of contestation and cooperation," Chapters, in: Marian Sawer & Lee A. Banaszak & Jacqui True & Johanna Kantola (ed.), Handbook of Feminist Governance, chapter 32, pages 396-407, Edward Elgar Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:20153_32
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