Abstrakt
"Feminism is a movement in many senses. We are moved to become feminist." We are moved by something: a sense of injustice that something is wrong (Ahmed 2017, 3).
Extensive research into the framing processes for feminist collective action has contributed significantly to the recognition that the sense of injustice and solidarity is an important motivation to overcome obstacles and to achieve a social change. Therefore, the presentation will be focused on the issue of feminist commitment to building the solidarities, which is central in forming a collective identity within the feminist movement.
In the presentation, I will first introduce the historical development of Czech women's and local feminist organizing and activism before and after transformation in 1989, and then focus on the central elements of collective identity and solidarity and its influence on concept of the feminist identity. The study is framed as a case study of the feminist movement, which as one of the most important social movements has contributed to widespread social change.
The results from my research have so far implicated that feminist activists in Czech Republic often perceive gender inequalities at multiple levels of private and working life, but on the other hand they see obstacles and problems in areas where they did not have to deal with them personally. Despite the fact that these inequalities do not affect them directly, they feel a high level of empathy and solidarity with women who have to face these problems.
These prepositions will be further detailed in the presentation. The study is based upon the method of narrative interview with feminist and feminist activists.
The interviews will reflect their experience, the process of identifying with feminism or their previous experience with feminist activism. Ahmed, S. (2017).
Living a feminist life. Durham: Duke University Press.