Vershinina Darya Borisovna – PhD in History, Associate Professor at the Department of History and Archaeology, Faculty of History and Political Sciences, Perm State National Research University (Perm)
Based on the Irish example of the women's protest movement of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, the author analyzes the features of modern social movements, the key success factors of the Irish struggle for the expansion of women's reproductive rights, and the dynamics of the protest movement. The stages of the global women's movement and their specifics are outlined, in particular, the beginning of the “fourth” wave of feminism since the 2010s, characterized by the use of the Internet as a mobilizing factor. It is shown that the protest movement contributed to the fact that over the past decades, Ireland has come a long way from extremely conservative legislation on women's reproductive rights to a country with one of the best indicators of gender equality. The author demonstrates what tools were used by Irish activists to mobilize the Irish society to repeal the constitutional legislation prohibit-ing abortion. Using materials from the media, public organizations, expert groups, government bodies, the author demonstrates that the success of the campaign to revise the legislation was directly related to the non-partisan nature of the movement, as well as the successful campaign to transform the abortion debate by shifting the focus from the figure of the unborn child to the fig-ure of the woman. The Irish case fits into the global context of the women's movement, as stages of decline and rise are comparable to other countries, and problems women face at the present stage are similar and led to protests around the globe.
women's protests, women's movement, global feminism, women's reproductive rights, Ireland.
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