Paper short abstract:

Taking a pathways approach to change, we view FDPs/FFPs as pathways to transformative change and interrogate to learn if existing inequities are addressed in changes: - To structures of economies and power. - To systems, policies, and incentives. - That promotes alliances and actions from below.

Paper long abstract:

Feminist principles and social justice objectives for transformative change by FDPs/FFPs can be discussed in the below three indices.

Changes to structures of economies and power

The extent to which FDPs/FFPs have attended to repair histories of extractivism, commodification, and climate change or reproduce them in new forms can be argued by looking at climate financing economic models in support of climate mitigation and adaption. The contemporary architecture of international climate finance promotes debt-increasing options such as loans and green bonds for countries under non-concessional or unfavorable conditions (UNDESA 2023).

Changes to systems, policies, and incentives

There is a consensus among feminist and social justice advocates that strengthening gender equality and justice is achievable through direct public expenditures in social sectors and services (Winder and Smith, 2018). The realities are that the underlying organization of the economic, social, and political systems prioritizes growth in production and finance and neglects or omits social reproduction, the costs of caring labor pass to most vulnerable groups in society, especially low-income women (Cassirer and Addati, 2020).

Changes that promote alliances and actions from below

Women's rights movements, feminists and justice activists, scholars, and researchers all over the world rally around challenging patriarchal systems of oppression and discrimination while simultaneously emphasizing power struggles across race, class, gender, age, etc. (Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM), 2023). The lack of consideration of race and how racial hierarchies are often reinforced in the practices of FFDs like Germany simply underline enduring blind spots (Haastrup, 2023).