“…Each society has its own form of 'feminism' which emerges from within and suits it best, which we can refer to as 'indigenous' feminism, a form of feminism that is adapted to a specific socio-cultural context and which is rooted there (Shaheed 2016). Such local feminisms might not sit well with the Western understanding of feminism, yet women's movements cannot be dissociated from the local and indigenous context in which they grow roots (Forbes 1996).…”