Give an assessment of the Feminist critique of contemporary global issues.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Route 1 “where do women stand?” in gender-neutral problems → feminism reveals the hidden gendered dimensions
Route 2 contemporary global issues appear neutral → a feminist lens exposes the patriarchy running through them
poverty / education / health worsened by patriarchy → violence against women as global, not private → under-representation in decision-making → climate hits women hardest → globalisation’s unequal burdens: Bangladesh factory fire, migrant third-world women’s cheap labour → digital divide (12% gap)
Mohanty’s self-correction → reject the homogenised “Third World woman” → intersectional, bottom-up solidarity
Route 1 value = making the “personal international” → registered in UNSCR 1325, gender mainstreaming, UN Women
Route 2 the critique’s strength holds only if it stays intersectional, not universalising women’s experience
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
