International feminist solidarity. A possible response to the postcolonial critique of global sisterhood?

In this article I explore how feminist postcolonial theories can help us to illuminate both the challenges and possibilities of instigating and maintaining a project founded on the notion of international feminist solidarity. Starting from their critique of the notion of global sisterhood, I investigate how different authors, including Yuval Davis, Brah, Ahmed, and Mohanty, envisage the possibility of creating a common form of feminist commitment based on solidarity and dialogue as well as on the acknowledgement of differences among women. The article examines how the theory of intersectionality was used to this aim. Within the framework of difference I devote specific attention to how the issue of cultural difference is dealt with by feminist postcolonial authors. Finally I argue that in any project based on the concept of international feminist solidarity, there is a need to address the issue of whiteness, as the unacknowledged ethnicity and a racial and ethnic dimension of privilege.