@article{01KB4T7EFC9RDSK9389JJ70QFE,
  abstract     = {{Drawing on Miranda Fricker’s concept of epistemic injustice, this
study examines the EU’s equality agenda though an intersectional
lens. By integrating epistemic justice and intersectionality into
a single analytical framework, the research assesses the ‘Union of
Equality’ agenda from 2020 onward – encompassing anti-racism,
gender equality, LGBTIQ, Roma and disability rights. I apply this
framework to five flagship strategies, asking how marginalized
communities are portrayed, whose knowledge counts and which
measures foster epistemic inclusion. The findings show a growing
attention to intersectionality and epistemic justice: strategies
increasingly name structural harms (e.g. structural racism and antigypsyism),
centre the participation of marginalized voices and call
for intersectional equality data. Yet key gaps remain. Inclusion
prioritises established experts and institutionalized civil-society
organizations, risking an additive, siloed approach. Socioeconomic
inequality dimensions are under-developed, and measures
mainly operate within existing social and labour-market structures
rather than challenging the status quo. Focussing on
disadvantaged groups alone also obscures how privilege and institutional
power produce epistemic inequality. Overall, the strategies’
framings are both transformative – aimed at social justice – and
instrumental, aligned with existing EU goals. While the agenda sets
important norms for epistemic transformation, their impact remains
precarious, depending on uneven Member State commitment amid
rising anti-gender and anti-migrant mobilization.}},
  author       = {{Debusscher, Petra}},
  issn         = {{0958-9236}},
  journal      = {{JOURNAL OF GENDER STUDIES}},
  keywords     = {{Union of equality,intersectionality,epistemic justice,equality policy,policy evaluation,European Union}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  pages        = {{1--25}},
  title        = {{Towards a feminist-decolonial epistemic justice? Evaluating EU equality policies through an intersectional lens}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1080/09589236.2025.2589284}},
  year         = {{2026}},
}

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