Conclusion

This book serves not only as a collection of essays from the wonderfully intelligent students of GWS183: Transnational Feminist Theories, but it also memorializes the fun we’ve had throughout this course while simultaneously expanding our knowledge beyond borders.

The collection weaves together diverse transnational feminist framework theories with past and present cases around the world. We explored various perspectives throughout our time together in class, and we gained the skills to apply and link these with a variety of global situations. We had the opportunity to collaborate with and learn from brilliant feminist activists and scholars, broadening the scope and nature of our understanding.

We faced both large and small challenges throughout the semester, but we were able to get through it with the support and encouragement from our classmates as well as the amazing Profe Esther Hernandez-Medina. We wouldn’t be here without you! We developed our empathy, listening skills, and our abilities to be open-minded when thinking about any sort of situation that may come our way.

This essay collection features a wide range of themes all centralizing on the experiences of women, feminists, or the feminist movement globally. We explore sexuality, cultural practices, mobility, healthcare and reproductive justice, and women’s roles in revolution and genocide.

We spend a lot of time focused on the mentality of the colonizer, including how it originated and who benefits from it. The effects of colonization are still oppressing women transnationally to this day, and starting from our class, we are making a difference by breaking down the mentality of the colonizer. These essays focus a majority on accessible opportunities for women of color, and the promotion of their coalitional identity.

Further, we were enlightened by practices central to different places transnationally, such as gendered practices and women’s forgiveness movements. This course not only was a supportive learning environment, but it helped us expand our ideas of what feminism looks like in other parts of the word. We the authors hope that this book sheds light on global feminist perspectives and the diversity of feminist scholarship and activism throughout the world, and we look forward to continued study and discussions surrounding these issues.