Meaning of femocrat | Babel Free

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A female politician or senior civil servant; a female bureaucrat in an agency dealing with women's issues.

Australia

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“Despite working in a difficult environment, femocrats have⟳ made an important contribution to Australian politics over the past two decades.”

“2000, Jan Jindy Pettman, “Femocrats,” entry in Cheris Kramarae, Dale Spender (editors) Routledge International Encyclopedia of Women: Education: Health to Hypertension, page 847, Femocrats also carry⟳ the burden of representation, if they are expected to speak⟳ for all women; or, alternatively, they are dismissed as “unrepresentative” of ordinary women and so not entitled to speak⟳ for them.”

“These moves were made by femocrats in part to avoid⟳ marginalization in women′s units, but in moving to new positions, old ones came up for grabs.”

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