{"id":13463,"date":"2026-10-01T10:24:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T14:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/?p=13463"},"modified":"2026-10-01T15:56:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T19:56:48","slug":"new-publication-rethinking-feminist-alliances-avoiding-feminism-but-advancing-gender-equality-within-refugee-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/2026\/new-publication-rethinking-feminist-alliances-avoiding-feminism-but-advancing-gender-equality-within-refugee-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"New Publication: Rethinking Feminist Alliances: Avoiding Feminism, but Advancing Gender Equality Within Refugee Communities?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        New Publication: Rethinking Feminist Alliances: Avoiding Feminism, but Advancing Gender Equality Within Refugee Communities?\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We are pleased to share a newly published article by <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/people\/merve-erdilmen\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/people\/merve-erdilmen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Merve Erdilmen<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/journals\/rfjp20\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/journals\/rfjp20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">International Feminist Journal of Politics<\/a>. The article examines how Syrian women and queer refugees understand and engage with feminism, and how refugee-led organizations in T\u00fcrkiye address gender-based inequalities in access to rights and services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drawing on 53 in-depth interviews with women and LGBTI+ members of refugee-led organizations, the article explores the diverse ways refugees approach feminism and how these approaches shape their efforts to advance gender equality and build solidarity across refugee and non-refugee communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The article introduces the concept of \u201csubtle solidarity practices\u201d to describe strategies used by refugee-led organizations to advance gender equality while navigating restrictive political environments, community resistance, and growing opposition to feminist and pro-migrant alliances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/14616742.2026.2722672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Access the article<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Erdilmen, M. (2026). Rethinking feminist alliances: avoiding feminism, but advancing gender equality within refugee communities? <em>International Feminist Journal of Politics<\/em>, 1\u201323. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/14616742.2026.2722672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/14616742.2026.2722672<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to share a newly published article by Merve Erdilmen in International Feminist Journal of Politics. 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