ABSTRACT
The chapter looks at how feminist body politics seeks to transform oppressive practices related to gender, sexuality, health and rights. The chapter reviews trends in feminist body politics in the last two decades as global feminist actions shifted public political discourse on gender notably in global institutions such as the United Nations (UN). It focuses in more detail on two examples of body politics in action: naked protest; and menstrual activism. These forms of feminist body politics use the gendered body as a vehicle of protest for gender rights which aim to shock and expose and therefore challenge.
