abstract: 'Since the mid-twentieth century, the modern-colonial capitalist system

  has been consolidated by a Eurocentric logic that has aggravated the

  North-South gap. Thus the international economic relations that imposed

  the generation and racialization of labour were forged. In this sense,

  the assurance of the socio-economic rights of the working class of the

  Global North was the product of a process imbricated by the factors of

  modernity, (neo)colonialism and development. Therefore, the urgency of

  deconstructing the current ecocide and genocidal economic system is

  presented, for this new world order has profited from the

  overexploitation and death of thousands of women. This investigation

  implements a theoretical-methodological intersectional approach, that is

  to say, to understand the subordination of women there is a need to do

  so from a set of co-constitutional variables (gender, race, sexuality,

  spirituality, etc.) and from ``situated knowledges{''''} as Donna Haraway

  puts it.This perspective allows us to go beyond gender oppression, for

  which it will be essential to actively listen to the experiences of

  other women who have been marginalized and excluded by hegemonic and

  Eurocentric feminisms, only considered as objects of study never as

  political subjects. This work is implicated in the will to study and

  move towards an alternative reading of international relations. For this

  purpose, it is my proposal to begin in the feminist margins of

  decolonial feminisms, from the ideas of thinkers who are characterized

  by not seeking a consensus but a conversation from difference. Regarding

  the structure, the first part of the article will present a critique of

  mainstream international relations discourse from a decolonial

  perspective.Thus, the aim is to prove through a critique of the

  hegemonic paradigm that international relations serves the interests of

  the Global North as a consequence of Eurocentric thinking. Subsequently,

  the relegation of reproductive work to women linked to the colonial

  process will be studied. Furthermore, it will seek to demonstrate the

  effects of the international economic system on the subalternized,

  racialized, and colonized lives of workers, refugees, or migrants. In

  relation to this issue, the study and review of historical factors is

  fundamental because international relations cannot be understood without

  studying history; that is, the creation of the current international

  economic system as a consequence of the construction of the

  international and sexual division of labour and the processes of

  colonization and racialization. In turn, the above study has as an

  objective to demonstrate that the care economy is the backbone of the

  functioning of the international economic system. In other words, if

  women - traditionally responsible for maintaining lives - went on

  general strike, the world economy would come to a standstill. Likewise,

  the violence caused by the modern/colonial capitalist system on the

  bodies of the subalternized will be analyzed. In this sense, the

  epistemologies of the South become essential for the study of the

  neocolonial North-South economic relations where violence against women

  plays a key role. Examples of this are free-trade zones, extractivism,

  or in the worst of the cases: wars. Finally, a dialogue between

  decolonial feminisms and the feminist economy is presented to rethink

  and justify welfare as a path towards the protection of planetary life.

  In short, the global context is a system that has ceded the baton to a

  model that makes it impossible to guarantee the care of lives as a

  consequence of a nature that is Eurocentric, racist, colonial,

  heteropatriarchal, ecocidal and so forth.The proposal to urge an

  alternative is justified through a crisis of a systemic nature which,

  despite attempts to blur its permanence, is still present through

  political and socio-economic conflicts. Thus, the Global North is

  suffering from a process leading to areas that were once part of the

  centre are now peripheral - as a consequence of the globalised crisis

  and increased by austerity policies.This consolidates a political,

  economic, ecological and ethical crisis, which forces us to question the

  direction in which we are navigating and how we will manage this

  process, even if this seems inevitable with respect to environmental

  degradation and being immersed in a context of social

  hyper-segmentation, where growing inequalities seem to be naturalized

  and at the same time legitimized. For this reason, this article aims to

  establish a dialogue between descolonial feminisms and feminist

  economics to seek a consensus for the creation of a feminist, subversive

  and common agenda. For this sort of reflection and questioning the

  presence of international relations becomes indispensable. From the

  beginning, this discipline should go hand in hand with the transition

  phase aimed at replacing capital with the care economy and

  sustainability of life as the epicentre of the system. This research

  seeks to outline the nonconformity of accepting that history has already

  been written against those who prevent us from dreaming of the change we

  want and believe in. But why now? The present moment is decisive. In the

  face of the threat to planetary life from a destructive economic system,

  it is more necessary than ever to participate in the creation of another

  paradigm of international relations through other knowledges.

  Undoubtedly, the image of the Amazon in flames is further proof of the

  urgency of initiating a transformation of the global political and

  socio-economic system. From where and for what purpose is knowledge

  produced? What role does the economy play within international

  relations? Who benefits and who is harmed by the globalized capitalist

  model? Where do women stand within the economic system? Which lives are

  worth living? Is it possible to initiate an alternative to capitalism

  from Europe? These questions are not posed with the aim of giving a

  definitive answer, but with the intention of provoking dialogue and

  reflection.That is to say, against the logic of the ethics of war, it is

  manifested to promote the transition of the current international

  economic system towards a new model for which it will be essential to

  initiate an analysis of international relations from feminist

  genealogies and from decolonial thought.'
author: Pizarro Gomez, Selena
author_list:
- family: Pizarro Gomez
  given: Selena
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.15366/relacionesinternacionales2020.44.008
files: []
issn: 1699-3950
journal: RELACIONES INTERNACIONALES-MADRID
keywords: 'International Relations; decolonial feminisms; intersectionality; care;

  sustainability of life'
language: Spanish
month: JUN-SEP
number: '44'
number-of-cited-references: '40'
pages: 147-164
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ref: Pizarrogomez2020internationalrelatio
times-cited: '0'
title: International Relations from the decolonial feminisms. A dialogic approach
  to a decolonial feminist economy
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year: '2020'