CAN A BUSINESS BE FEMINIST?
How can feminism be practiced within a business? Is it possible for a business to be feminist within a capitalist economy?
Can businesses really be feminist? That's the question at the heart of this research project, but it has led me to many others. Why do people create feminist businesses in the first place? What do they actually do differently? How do they deal with the contradictions of operating within capitalist economies? And what place do these businesses have within feminist movements?
Between 2023 and 2026, the research involved interviews with 55 people “feminist businesses” mainly in Western Europe and the United States. Rather than deciding myself what makes a business feminist, I wanted to understand how the people involved thought about feminism, and how they tried to put it into practice.
You can explore the research, read the academic publications and discover some of the feminist economic practices described by participants on this website.
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Who's behind this research project? Where does its funding come from? You can find out more on our Transparency page