A Feminist Reflection on Citizenship

Over the course of the past decade, citizenship has become one of the axes of feminist action & reflection in Latin America, at a time when it is also at the core of democratic concerns at both the national & global levels. Citizenship constitutes an important pole in women's long fight for equality, lending new democratic content to feminist debates. It also is a meaningful axis for generating alliances among women & between women & other social groups, with the aim of broadening the limits of citizenship restrained by the manifold discriminations in our societies. Citizenship is a terrain of dispute between civil society & the state, & also within civil society. Feminist theorists of citizenship are adding complexity & contributing to a theory of citizenship by pointing to incongruities & weaknesses in the concept & practice of citizenship, recognizing that differences -- not only gender-based ones -- but among women themselves, may present possibilities & obstacles that need to be enhanced or neutralized. 36 References. Adapted from the source document.