Gender justice in global tourism: exploring tourism transformation through the lens of feminist alternative economics

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Figure 1. Feminist Alternative Tourism Economics (FATE).

Table 1. Core tenets of Feminist Alternative Economics (FAE).

Recognises the inherent interrelationship between patriarchy, colonialism and capitalism, and critiques these, with the goal of structural transformation and emancipation. Sees power relations as the central force driving social and economic dynamics, including different forms of inequality on an intersectional basis (race, gender, class). Considers care as a central element of the economic context. Understands paid labour, unpaid domestic care, and other unpaid work, as inextricably interlinked. Includes reproductive labour (raising children, caring for the elderly, feeding the family) and generative labour (bearing children). Builds on relational and contextual dynamics, acknowledging situated and Indigenous knowledge systems. Applies qualitative reflexive and embodied, as well as quantitative methodologies, conscious of the subjective, gendered nature of research.