Carla Cerqueira, the principal investigator of the research project “FEMglocal - Glocal feminist movements: interactions and contradictions” (funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) through national funds - PTDC/COM-CSS/4049/2021), delivered a presentation titled “Transnational Feminist Activism: The #MeToo Case in Portugal” May 27th at the 73rd Annual ICA Conference. The paper, developed in collaboration with Célia Taborda (Co-PI of the project) and Ana Sofia Pereira (FEMglocal’s Post-doc Fellow), was produced within the framework of the FEMglocal project and presented in the session on “Feminist Activism and #MeToo: Global and Comparative Cases”.
Exploring the concept of transnational feminisms, the presentation examined the #MeToo movement as a prominent example of transnational feminist activism, fostering global discussions on sexual harassment and violent. Specifically, Carla Cerqueira discussed the local expressions of #MeToo in Portugal and how it was portrayed by two leading Portuguese newspapers, Expresso and Público.
