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Françoise Vergès

Françoise Vergès is an activist and public educator. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and is the author of many books including A Decolonial Feminism and Wombs of Women.

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A Feminist Theory of Violence

A Decolonial Perspective

Françoise Vergès

The State will not protect us from gender violence. Our feminism must be anti-racist and decolonial, and must fight for everyone's safety

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A Decolonial Feminism

Françoise Vergès

A vital feminist manifesto from one of our most inspiring political voices

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White Women, Feminism and Its Repression of Slavery

Why do we need a decolonial feminism? In this extract, Françoise Vergès looks to the history of western feminism, showing how white women slave abolitionists were complicit in the ‘civilizing mission’, and how that affects the discourse today.

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PODCAST: ‘Radicals in Conversation’
From Carcerality to Abolitionism

Françoise Vergès, Aviah Sarah Day and Shanice Octavia McBean discuss the abolitionist response to carceral feminism, racial capitalism and state violence

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Françoise Vergès

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A Feminist Theory of Violence

A Decolonial Perspective

A Decolonial Feminism

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White Women, Feminism and Its Repression of Slavery

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