Planet Patriarchy: Global Tales of Feminism and Oppression Book Launch

Join Beatrix Campbell and Rahila Gupta for an event to launch their new book, Planet Patriarchy, a continent-crossing panorama of women’s rights and women’s politics in the 21st century.

Samira Ahmed, journalist and broadcaster, will chair the discussion and it will be followed by an audience Q&A and book signing.

Pre-order your copy of Planet Patriarchy when booking your ticket, for collection upon arrival. Books will also be available to buy on the night.

Doors open at 6.30 p.m. for a 7 p.m. start.

Tickets:
£25 – entry, book and drink: includes copy of Planet Patriarchy (RRP £20) and a glass of wine/soft drink.
£15 – entry and drink: includes a glass of wine/soft drink.

Refreshments will be available during the event.

Access: the venue is fully accessible. If you need any help with registering or have any further questions about the event please contact: adminsupport@filia.org.uk

Venue Details:
Women's Resource Centre
3rd Floor Lion House
72-75 Red Lion Street
London
WC1R 4NA

About the book
In 1995, the UN vowed to advance ‘equality, development and peace for all women, everywhere.’ Instead, in the Beijing Declaration’s thirtieth anniversary year, the world is lurching dangerously away from such democratic and progressive ideals – reinventing nationalist identities based on toxic masculine values, and embracing economic policies against women’s interests. This reality exists in every type of country. Why does oppression, rather than feminism, still dominate our world?

This book reveals patriarchy’s many faces in the age of globalisation, exploring the political systems and cultures of eight very different societies. It takes readers from the extraordinary anti-capitalist women’s revolution in Kurdistan to the theocracies of Islamic State and Saudi Arabia; from China’s one-party state to Iceland’s democracy; and to South Africa, Russia and El Salvador – all radically changed since the fall of apartheid, communism and military dictatorship respectively.

Despite patriarchy’s remarkable shapeshifting powers to undermine feminist solidarity, Planet Patriarchy is equally a story of sisterhood and resistance, interviewing defenders of women’s rights about their cause and their country. Gender inequality endures, everywhere – but so does feminism. Campbell and Gupta’s fascinating discoveries show us how this timeless showdown is taking shape in, and being shaped by, the systems we live under today.

You can pre-order the book via their publisher, Hurst Publishers or at #OurFeministLibrary

About the Authors and Chair

Rahila Gupta is a freelance journalist, author and activist, and Chair of Southall Black Sisters, which campaigns for Black/Global South women escaping violence in the UK.

Beatrix Campbell OBE is a writer, broadcaster and playwright, recipient of several honorary doctorates. Her pathbreaking Wigan Pier Revisited won the Cheltenham Festival Prize.

Samira Ahmed is an award winning journalist, writer and broadcaster who has spent her career reporting on news, culture and social change across Channel 4 News, BBC TV and radio. She also famously won an employment tribunal she brought against the BBC in a dispute over equal pay.