Transnational feminism can be defined as a contemporary movement that proceeds on the basis of identified common interests that are not bound by national borders and can be better addressed by cross-border organizing. As an epistemological perspective, it offers a methodology for challenging the gendered effects of globalization, including the unfavourable terms under which women from Africa and other Southern contexts are being incorporated into the global market. Transnational feminism is explicitly anti-capitalist and retains an antiimperialist focus on the exploitative features of the global market economy. ${ }^{13}$ Today there is greater engagement with mainstream matters that earlier generations might not have regarded as priorities for women: macroeconomic policies and global trading systems; conflict and security; environmental degradation and climate change, all of which are addressed through transnational organizations and networks and supported by transnational women's funds, ${ }^{14}$ whose modest budgets provide little indication of their global impact.  
Finally, the evidence presented here demonstrates connections that have passed the test of time and have the potential to facilitate processes that can contribute to the realization of an inclusive, just and equitable vision of Global Africa that brings freedom to African peoples, wherever they are.  
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[^0]:    12 The founding commitments of the African Feminist Forum are articulated in the Charter of Principles for African Feminists. The assertiveness of the Charter and its far-reaching objectives point to a rising generation of African feminists working in and for Africa, finding the power and voice to address longterm injustices and confront even the most contentious issues. These include action against the multiple forms of violence perpetrated against women, the rights of lesbian, gay, transgender and other sexual minorities, alongside long-term struggles for political, socio-cultural and economic justice.