Decolonial feminism

Decolonial feminism is also known as peripheral feminism, third wave, or from the margins. This is a wave of  feminism that emerged in Latin America and that centres on the intersection of the conflicts of sex and gender, class and race, and relates it to the structures imposed by colonialism and neocolonialism. It rejects and questions the universalistic hegemonic feminism which centres its fight on the experience of white, urban, middle or upper class, and western women. The goal of decolonial feminism is the recognition that the subject of feminism is diverse, and the recognition of an intersectional feminism that centres on women and not on an homogeneous woman. It recognizes that women’s experiences are heterogenous and acknowledges the intersectional factors that determine and condition the experience of gender and femininity. 

All the variants of decolonial feminisms emerge outside of the financial and power epicentres of the world, and they are led by women with identities that have rarely been considered by hegemonic feminism. They defend the recognition of diverse models of being a woman and advocate for a perspective that considers identity, subjectivity, racism, social class, and sexual orientation, etc. The traditional hegemonic feminism—which advocates for a single model of women—has historically ignored these issues. 

The main representatives of this feminism are María Lugones, from Argentina; Yuderkys Espinosa, from the Dominican Republic; Karina Ochoa, from Mexico; Gladys Tzul Tzul, from Guatemala; Adriana Guzmán, from Bolivia; and Diana Gómez Correal, from Colombia. The plural version of this concept is also used to reflect the diversity of approaches and the heterogeneity of the members of this social movement.