Feminism Capitalism and Gender Justice in an Islamic Perspective (Critical Analysis of Power Relations in the Global Economy)

Abstract

This study analyzes the relationship between feminism, capitalism, and gender justice in an Islamic perspective by highlighting the dynamics of power in the global economy. Global capitalism opens up access for women to enter the labor market, but at the same time reinforces structural injustices through the feminization of cheap labor, double workload, and the commodification of women's social roles. The feminism movement then comes as a critique of this inequality, despite the differences in positions between feminist schools towards capitalism. This study uses a qualitative approach through a literature study by combining a critical analysis of the global political economy and an Islamic normative approach that emphasizes the principles of justice ('adl), benefit (mashlahah), prohibition of exploitation (zulm), and protection of human dignity. The results of the study show that Islam offers an alternative ethical framework to gender injustice by appreciating the role of women in both the domestic and public spheres, rejecting the commodification of women's bodies, and promoting socio-economic balance. Qur'anic verses and hadith affirm spiritual equality, the glory of the role of motherhood, and the appreciation of domestic work. Thus, an Islamic perspective can be used to evaluate gender inequality in global capitalism while offering a balanced, ethical, and socially benefit-oriented model of gender justice