1960-1970
In the 1960s and 1970s, anti-colonial movements surge across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Pacific, challenging foreign occupation, authoritarianism, extractivism, and militarism. At the same time, feminist movements expand worldwide, exposing the interconnections between patriarchy, capitalism, and imperialism.
This era is marked by transformative global developments: the founding of the Non-Aligned Movement in 1961, demands for a New International Economic Order in 1973, and the 1974 UN World Population Conference in Bucharest with some countries calling for development as the best contraceptive. In the global North, second-wave feminism pushes debates on family, labour, and representation.
Together, these struggles reshape the landscape of political struggle and solidarity, offering inspiration and strategic frameworks for feminist organizing across the global South. In the decades that followed, these movements will continue to confront entrenched inequality while advancing sovereignty and economic justice in the face of rapid economic and technological change.
