Modern Feminism: from West to East Affinity Group

The implication of western feminist ideas on central Asian societies

Thursday 26 April 2007 by Uschi Guthknecht

A discourse on the influence of Western feminism on Central Asian societies. The group aims to analyse results of cooperation between radical feminists of Germany and women’s movement of post-soviet Central Asia.

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Objectives

The general aim of Modern Feminism: from West to East Affinity Group group is:
To create a discussion ground on implication of western feminist ideas in Central Asian societies.
To analyse results of cooperation between feminists of Germany and women’s movement of Kazakhstan and other countries of CA during last decade (1997-2007).

Expected results

How ideas of western radical feminism of 80-90-es were transformed to conditions and needs of women’s movement of post-soviet Central Asia.

Planned activities

Writing analytic articles, taking interviews from leaders of women’s organizations in Germany, in particular in Altenbuecken (April- May 2007)
Working meeting of the whole Affinity Group in Almaty (June 2007).
Writing analytic articles, taking interviews from leaders of women’s organizations of Central Asia about cooperation and interrelations of West and East in promoting feminist ideas (July-October 2007).
Joint bilingual (German-Russian) publication “Feminism from West to East: 10 years of aspiration and joy” (title to be confirmed) (October-November 2007).
Preparation of English version of publication for EFF web-site and conference in Poland in 2008. (December 2007).

Members

Uschi Guthknecht, Affinity Group coordinator
Elena Dudka, journalist, magazine ‘Exclusive”, Almaty
Elvira Pak, coordinator, FES Centralasia, office Almaty
Gulnara Assanbayeva, docent of journalism, KIMEP, Almaty
Karlygash Toktybayeva, member, Center for Gender Studies, Almaty
Laila Akhmetova, professor, Union of women of intellectual labor, Almaty
Margarita Uskembayeva, staff member, Research institute on social and gender research at the Kazakh State women’s Pedagogic Institute, Almaty
Nailja Resjapova, head of the office, FES Centralasia, main office Tashkent, Usbekistan
Nazym Shedenova, board member, Center for Gender Education at al-Farabi National University, Almaty
Olja Zubkovskaya, PhD student, PhD program in Comparative Gender Studies, Central
European University, Budapest, Hungary
Svetlana Shakirova, director, Center for Gender Studies, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Uschi Guthknecht, director, Women Education Center Altenbuecken, Buecken, Germany
Zulfia Baissakova, chair, Union of crisis centers of Kazakhstan