There are four aspects of knowledge as power that we believe need to be addressed to LEDGE AS achieve more feminist global collabora- tion: • the different knowledge we value, • the knowledge we exclude by priori- tising some forms over others, POWER • the phenomenon of knowledge extraction and • reflecting on the knowledge held by who is actually doing development, and to what end. [...] The hierarchical flow of developmental knowledge from the Global North to the Global South highlights the problem of “Knowledge in the sector tends to be siloed into how well are women doing on X out- whose knowledge is recognised, but also comes. [...] Thus, a key part of FEMINIST GLOB- AL COLLABORATION is creating new organisational structures and cultures that respect and value the knowledge and perspectives of the myriad commu- nities and people based in the Global South. [...] But the knowledge, • Dealing with the legacy of colonial history must be the basis the power […], or the voices of for moving towards a FEMINIST GLOBAL COLLABORA- the communities are not neces- TION This includes acknowledging and apologising for the atrocities of colonialism and discussing financial reparations sarily valued at the same level and debt relief (more on this in the podcast episodes. [...] The following suggestions are based on the works of Tema Okun, Kenneth Jones, and Partners for Collaborative Change found at Changeelemental.org, in which they argue that “in our society, the dominant culture that shapes our institutions, our media, the way we see ourselves and each other is that of the white middle class.” To move away from this, we need to address these unjust cultures and embra.
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