Re-Imagining Solidarity from the Perspective of the Oppressed: Why ‘Listening to’ and ‘Learning from’ the People in Margins Must Matter

This article draws attention to the experiences of female economic migrants from the Global South. It argues for re-imagining solidarity with trafficked and migrant women workers by undoing epistemic injustice, listening to and learning from the perspective and standpoint of women in the margins of society, academia and theological processes. It contends that our solidarity will be incomplete unless we listen to women’s voices and learn from their knowledge that comes from their lived experiences. Just solidarity entails finding alternative solutions for long-term sustainable social and economic justice together with and for poor and marginalised communities specifically in the Global South.