Feminist Except for Palestine: Where Are Feminist Social Workers on Palestine?

Authors

Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Stephanie Wahab, Portland State UniversityFollow
Ferdoos Abed-Rabo Al-Issa, Bethlehem University

Published In

Affilia-Feminist Inquiry in Social Work

Document Type

Citation

Publication Date

2-24-2022

Abstract

Despite international social work commitments to social justice, human dignity, and individual worth, feminist social work remains silent on Palestine. Israeli settler colonial violence pushes us to revisit our responsibilities to stand against colonized militarism. We insist that collective liberation is a feminist ethical constant, a political bosom for decolonization, a compass for critical feminist social work. In this article, we extend previously made claims that Palestine is a feminist issue by highlighting four moral imperatives: 1) persistent sumud, (2) gendered impacts of Zionism's settler colonial violence, 3) commitments to justice and liberation, and 4) feminist praxis of narrating violence.

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Copyright © 2022 by SAGE Publications

Locate the Document

https://doi.org/10.1177/08861099221079381

DOI

10.1177/08861099221079381

Persistent Identifier

https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/37361

Citation Details

Shalhoub-Kevorkian, N., Wahab, S., & Al-Issa, F. A. R. (2022). Feminist Except for Palestine: Where Are Feminist Social Workers on Palestine?. Affilia, 08861099221079381.