Intersectionality applied to the study of global economy: the case of workers in relocated industries in Morocco.

Abstract

This study lays the foundations for bringing together the study of intersectionality and globalization concerning gender. We argue that intersectionality, by taking into account some of the criticisms made against it, can be improved and used to enrich the study of global inequality. Focusing on Morocco, we show how the study of gender relationships from an intersectional perspective can give us more information about how the international division of labor works. With the aim of deconstructing the narrative of ‘women without agency’, we argue that intersectionality can help to explain oppression. In order to make otherness visible, we contribute to reconstructing and rethinking categories that help to explain these interconnected realities through the day-to-day life of men and women workers in a context generated by industrial relocation and global processes.