This session takes its cue from the understanding that the dismantlement the Zionist settler colonial project in Palestine is, among other things, a project against gender and sexual violence and oppression. From both a historical and contemporary historical lens, the panel tackles the variety of gendered and sexualised abuses that have characterised the experiences of Palestinians from the mandate period to the contemporary genocide in Gaza. Reclaiming the term feminism beyond its middle class, white, western, liberal, and orientalist view on Palestinians, the panel also tackles the importance for Palestinian communities to self-determine the meaning of feminism that works for the conditions of the country, one that is rooted in grassroots resistance to imperialism and settler-colonialism, entailing an understanding that national liberation is incomplete without gender justice.

Speakers: Paola Zichi, Christine Schwobel Patel, Michelle Burgis-Kashala and Nahed Samour
Chair: Aisel Omarova

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