Editing Matriarchy (section)

==== 20th–21st centuries ====
The [[Mosuo]] people are an ethnic group in southwest China. They are considered one of the most well-known matriarchal societies, although many scholars assert that they are rather [[Matrilineality|matrilineal]]. {{as of|2016}}, the sole heirs in the family are still daughters.<ref name=":02">{{Cite news |title=The Place In China Where The Women Lead |language=en |website=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/11/26/501012446/the-place-in-china-where-the-women-lead |access-date=2021-05-11}}</ref><ref name=":1">"Mosuo People Maintain Rare Matriarchal Society (2)." Xinhua News Agency – CEIS, Jun 11 2000, p. 1. ProQuest. Web. 18 Apr. 2021.</ref> Since 1990, when foreign tourism became permitted, tourists started visiting the Mosuo people.<ref name=":02" /> As pointed out by the Xinhua News Agency, "tourism has become so profitable that many Mosuo families in the area who have opened their homes have become wealthy."<ref name=":1" /> Although this revived their economy and lifted many out of poverty, it also altered the fabric of their society to have outsiders present who often look down on the Mosuo's cultural practices.<ref name=":02" />  

In 1995, in [[Kenya]], according to Emily Wax, [[Umoja, Kenya|Umoja]], a village only for women from one tribe with about 36 residents, was established under a matriarch.<ref name="PlaceWhereWomenRule-WashPost-p1">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/08/AR2005070801775.html Wax, Emily, ''A Place Where Women Rule'', in ''The Washington Post'', July 9, 2005, p.&nbsp;1 (online)], as accessed October 13, 2013.</ref> It was founded on an empty piece of land by women who fled their homes after being raped by British soldiers.<ref name=":2">{{cite news |last1=Karimi |first1=Faith |title=She grew up in a community where women rule and men are banned |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/30/africa/samburu-umoja-village-intl-asequals-africa/index.html |work=CNN |date=30 January 2019 }}</ref> They formed a safe-haven in rural Samburu County in northern Kenya.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=In Kenya's Umoja Village, a sisterhood preserves the past, prepares the future|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/kenya-s-umoja-village-sisterhood-preserves-past-prepares-future-n634391|access-date=2021-05-11|website=NBC News|date=September 9, 2016 |language=en}}</ref> Men of the same tribe established a village nearby from which to observe the women's village,<ref name="PlaceWhereWomenRule-WashPost-p1" /> the men's leader objecting to the matriarch's questioning the culture<ref name="PlaceWhereWomenRule-WashPost-p2">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/08/AR2005070801775_2.html Wax, Emily, ''A Place Where Women Rule'', in ''The Washington Post'', July 9, 2005, p.&nbsp;2 (online)], as accessed October 13, 2013.</ref> and men suing to close the women's village.<ref name="PlaceWhereWomenRule-WashPost-p2" /> As of 2019, 48 women, most of whom who have fled gender-based violence like female genital mutilation, assault, rape, and abusive marriages call Umoja home, living with their children in this all female-village.<ref name=":2" /> Many of these women faced stigma in their communities following these attacks and had no choice but to flee.<ref name=":3" /> Others sought to escape from the nearby Samburu community, which practices child marriage and female genital mutilation.<ref name=":3" />  In the village, the women practice "collective economic cooperation."<ref name=":3" /> The sons are obligated to move out when they turn eighteen.<ref name=":2" /> Not only has the Umoja village protected its members, the members have also done extensive work for gender equity in Kenya.<ref name=":3" /> The message of the village has spread outside of Kenya as member "Lolosoli's passion for gender equity in Kenya has carried her to speak on social justice at the United Nations and to participate in an international women's rights conference in South Africa."<ref name=":3" />

The [[Khasi people|Khasi]] people live in [[Northeast India]] in the state of [[Meghalaya]].<ref name=":4">{{cite journal |last1=Banerjee |first1=Roopleena |title='Matriarchy' and Contemporary Khasi Society |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |date=2015 |volume=76 |pages=918–930 |jstor=44156662}}</ref> Although largely considered [[Matrilineality|matrilineal]], some women's studies scholars such as Roopleena Banerjee consider the Khasi to be matriarchal.<ref name=":4" /> Banerjee asserts that "to assess and account a matriarchal society through the parameters of the patriarchy would be wrong" and that "we should avoid looking at history only through the colonizer/colonized boundaries."<ref name=":4" /> The Khasi people consist of many clans who trace their lineage through the matriarchs of the families.<ref name=":4" /> A Khasi husband typically moves into his wife's home, and both wife and husband participate equally in raising their children.<ref name=":4" /> A Khasi woman named Passah explains that "[The father] would come to his wife's home late at night... In the morning, he's back at his mother's home to work in the fields," showing how a man's role consists of supporting his wife and family in Khasi society.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Rathnayake|first=Zinara|title=Khasis: India's indigenous matrilineal society|url=https://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20210328-why-some-indians-want-more-mens-rights|access-date=2021-05-17|website=www.bbc.com|language=en}}</ref> Traditionally, the youngest daughter, called the Khadduh, receives and cares for ancestral property.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":4" /> As of 2021, the Khasi continue to practice many female-led customs, with wealth and property being passed down through the female side of the family.<ref name=":5" />

Spokespersons for various [[indigenous peoples]] at the [[United Nations]] and elsewhere have highlighted the central role of women in their societies, referring to them as matriarchies, in danger of being overthrown by the patriarchy, or as matriarchal in character.<ref>Tamang, Stella, ''Indigenous Affairs'', vols. 1–2, no. 4, p.&nbsp;46.</ref><ref>''Six Nations Women's Traditional Council Fire Report to CEDAW'', p.&nbsp;2.</ref>