Feminist agendas and democracy in Latin America [electronic resource] / edited by Jane S. Jaquette.
Jaquette, Jane S., 1942-
2009
HQ1236.5.L37 F46 2009
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Title Feminist agendas and democracy in Latin America [electronic resource] / edited by Jane S. Jaquette.
ISBN 9780822392569 (electronic book)
0822392569
9780822344377
0822344378
9780822344490
0822344491
Publication Details Durham, North Carolina : Duke University Press, 2009.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (x, 258 p.) : ill.
Call Number HQ1236.5.L37 F46 2009
Summary Latin American women's movements played important roles in the democratic transitions in South America during the 1980s and in Central America during the 1990s. However, very little has been written on what has become of these movements and their agendas since the return to democracy. This collection examines how women's movements have responded to the dramatic political, economic, and social changes of the last twenty years. In these essays, leading scholar-activists focus on the various strategies women's movements have adopted and assess their successes and failures. The book is organized around three broad topics. The first, women's access to political power at the national level, is addressed by essays on the election of Michelle Bachelet in Chile, gender quotas in Argentina and Brazil, and the responses of the women's movement to the "Bolivarian revolution" in Venezuela. The second topic, the use of legal strategies, is taken up in essays on women's rights across the board in Argentina, violence against women in Brazil, and gender in the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Peru. Finally, the international impact of Latin American feminists is explored through an account of their participation in the World Social Forum, an assessment of a Chilean led project carried out by women's organizations in several countries to hold governments to the promises they made at international conferences in Cairo and Beijing, and an account of cross border organizing to address femicides and domestic abuse in the Juarez-El Paso border region. The author provides the historical and political context of women's movement activism in the introduction, and concludes the volume by engaging contemporary debates about feminism, civil society, and democracy.
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Feminist politics in contemporary Chile : from the democratic transition to Bachelet / Marcela Ríos Tobar
Gender quotas, candidate selection, and electoral campaigns : comparing Argentina and Brazil / Jutta Marx, Jutta Borner, and Mariana Caminotti
Feminist activism in a changing political context : Venezuela / Gioconda Espina
The effectiveness of legal strategies in Argentina / Beatríz Kohen
Violence against women in Brazil : international litigation and local advances / Flavia Piovesan
Gender and human rights : lessons from the Peruvian truth and reconciliation Commission / Julissa Mantilla Falcón
International feminisms : the world social forum / Virginia Vargas
Social accountability and citizen participation : are Latin American governments meeting their commitments to gender equity? / Teresa Valdés and Alina Donoso
Violence and activism at the Mexico/United States border : women, migration, and obstacles to justice / Kathleen Staudt and Gabriela Montoya
Feminist activism and the challenges of democracy / Jane s. jaquette.

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