PERSPECTIVE Political Feminism for a Better Future Discussion Paper PHILIPP KAUPPERT AND INA KERNER July 2016 n This paper discusses different forms of feminisms, social movements and actors sub­scribing to feminist ideas, drawing mostly from experiences of the Global South. It also tries to identify ways and ideas to repoliticize feminism and social movements to develop a vision for justice embedded in a practical utopia. n Contemporary feminist theory can make important contributions to reshaping the necessary debates about the failures of capitalism, and the promises and mispercep­tions about development and democracy. n To understand transformation processes, the analytical tools of intersectionality can be used within each specific political and cultural context. n After reviewing the relationship between neoliberalism and feminism, a renewed transnational feminism is proposed.