This Special Issue expands on the ongoing dialogue on the decolonial project by bringing together thought-provoking papers that examine the communication of female political leaders in the Global South. It draws on data from West Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Middle East to elucidate how female politicians deploy language (including multimodal forms) to position themselves in the political arena and utilize linguistic resources to navigate the discursive practices associated with their political roles and responsibilities. The issue offers a critical discursive perspective on the complex interplay of gender, culture and political leadership, and holds implications for how key issues such as voice, agency, solidarity and empowerment are conceptualized and enacted in specific sociocultural contexts. It also contributes to overcoming epistemicide by decentring knowledge production and underscoring the importance of valuing and engaging with different knowledge systems, especially non-Western epistemologies.

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审视南半球女性政治领导人的沟通

本期特刊汇集了一些发人深省的论文，探讨了南半球女性政治领导人的沟通方式，从而扩展了正在进行的非殖民性项目对话。它利用西非、拉丁美洲、加勒比地区和中东的数据来阐明女性政治家如何运用语言（包括多模态形式）来在政治舞台上定位自己，并利用语言资源来驾驭与其政治角色相关的话语实践。和责任。该问题为性别、文化和政治领导力之间复杂的相互作用提供了批判性的话语视角，并对如何在特定的社会文化背景下概念化和实施诸如声音、能动性、团结和赋权等关键问题产生了影响。它还通过分散知识生产并强调重视和参与不同知识体系，特别是非西方认识论的重要性，有助于克服认知灭绝。