Women's Rights and Nonviolent Protests
Nonviolent protest has been advocated by leaders like Martin Luther King and Gandhi to put an end to forms of political and social oppression. In addition, many proponents of the women's rights movement have used acts of nonviolent protest in order to promote social change.
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History
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A recent moment in the history of women's rights and nonviolent protests was the Women's Pentagon Actions of 1980 and 1981, in which a congregation of women came together in Washington, DC to protest militarism and patriarchy.
Types
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Nonviolent protest for women's rights can be divided into three types. Acts of protest is when a group of women's rights activists congregate in order to symbolically show their aversion to something. Non-cooperation is a type of protest in which the activists refuse to work with an individual or group that they are opposed to. Nonviolent intervention is a form of protest in which groups of people are able to effectively stop the operations of an organization, such as in the form of a sit-in or blocking the entrance to a building.
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Expert Insight
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D.A. Clarke is an esteemed feminist writer. In her essay "Justice is a Woman With a Sword," she makes the argument that nonviolent protests by women's rights activists can only be effective if they are done by women who could just as easily resort to force if they wanted to.
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