Rethinking Women's Empowerment Practices and Strategies Led by Western Multinational Enterprises:Perspectives from Feminist International Political Economy
This study argues that the women's empowerment practices driven by Western multinational enterprises fail to achieve substantive equality and emancipation for women.Adopting the theoretical lens of feminist international political economy(FIPE),this paper critically examines corporate-led empowerment discourses and initiatives from three interconnected perspectives:strategies of discursive representation,the mobilization of women's agency,and the material outcomes of redistribution.The findings reveal that such practices systematically overlook the structural challenges faced by women globally in three key ways:first,in terms of the production-reproduction nexus,these practices fail to acknowledge the significance of reproductive labor and its contribution to the socio-economic system;second,they disregard how global capitalism's expansion has relied on the extraction and exploitation of women's labor resources,particularly in the Global South;and third,regarding the critique of the capitalist system and the power dynamics it sustains,they fail to address the fundamental interests and collective concerns of women.Consequently,women's empowerment initiatives spearheaded by western multinational corporations are inherently flawed,as they limit feminist agenda for structural change toward gender equality.
feminist international political economywomen's empowermentcorporate social responsibility
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