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September 10, 2025Gender Work and Organization6 citationsOpen Access

White Feminism and the Limits of Solidarity: A Call for Epistemic Reckoning

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CUChidozie UmehFCFang Lee Cooke

Key Points

  • White feminism has marginalized non-Western feminist epistemologies, limiting diversity in the feminism field.
  • Increased calls for decolonizing feminism focus on inclusivity and representation of diverse voices.
  • Future efforts must center local challenges and conditions to create a more equitable feminist discourse.
  • This commentary aims to catalyze action towards recognizing and addressing systemic epistemic exclusion.

Abstract

ABSTRACT There is now a substantial body of feminist scholarship which has significantly advanced the field of gender‐related research. However, this scholarship has primarily been developed from a Western perspective, and there have been increasing calls for decolonizing feminist theory and praxis across all areas of scholarship, policy, and activism. This commentary and call for action through a special issue in Gender, Work and (2) explore how we can move forward to reshape the feminism field into a more inclusive one with diverse voices, epistemologies, and theorization that are reflective of local challenges, conditions, struggles, and progress.

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Umeh et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1b1a154b1d3bfb60e9529https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.70025
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