FEMINISM

ARTICLES
  • Twenty-First-Century Feminismos, Women s Movements in Latin America and the Caribbean
    by CHARMAIN LEVY,  
    1/12/2021

    The women’s movement is a central, complex, and evolving socio-political actor in any national context. Vital to advancing gender equity and gendered relations in every contemporary society, the organization and mobilization of women into social movements challenges patriarchal values, behaviours, laws, and policies through collective action and contention, radically altering the direction of society over time. Twenty-First-Century Feminismos examines ten case studies from eight different countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to better understand the ways in which women’s and feminist movements react to, are shaped by, and advance social change. A closer look at women’s movements in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El Salvador, Haiti, Mexico, and Uruguay uncovers broader recurrent patterns at the regional level, such as the persistence of certain grievances historically harboured by regional movements, the rise in prominence of varying claims, and the emergence of novel organizational structures, repertoires, and mobilization strategies. Dissimilarities among the cases are also brought to light, including the composition of these movements, their success in effecting policy change in specific areas, and the particular conditions that surround their mobilization and struggles. Twenty-First-Century Feminismos provides a compelling account of the important victories attained by Latin American and Caribbean organized women over the course of the last forty years, as well as the challenges they face in their quest for gender justice.

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  • Brazil and Colombia : the action of anti-feminist political mechanisms
    by DANIELLE COENGA-OLIVEIRA,  
    1/3/2020

    Antifeminisms are a counter-movement of action and thought that are opposed to feminisms [1]. They aim to distort concepts and theories, to delegitimize feminist movements and their demands and seek to block progress towards the full autonomy and freedom of the women [2]. If in the European and North American academic context, specifically the Quebec one, discussions on anti-feminisms are already common, the analysis of this phenomenon in Latin America has been neglected in favour of other concepts. However, it seems to us that the concept of anti-feminism can bring new avenues of reflection to this region. Based on our experience as researchers in Brazil and Colombia, we therefore decide to focus on the analysis of discourses about the supposed

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  • Southern epistemologies, Latin American thoughts and decolonial feminisms
    by DANIELLE COENGA-OLIVEIRA,  
    1/9/2019

    As components of the epistemologies of the South, decolonial thought and theories offer us a major challenge to hegemonic knowledge and the production of scientific knowledge. This article provides an overview of Latin American writings in order to highlight the proposals of decolonial authors and feminists.

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  • Genre, féminismes et développement. Une trilogie en construction
    by CHARMAIN LEVY,  
    1/5/2019

    Misant sur la capacité d’agir et le pouvoir de transformation sociale des femmes des Suds, ce livre examine les enjeux du genre et du développement. Ce manuel féministe, clair et facile à consulter, est spécifiquement conçu pour les cours de premier cycle universitaire sur les femmes, le genre et le développement international. Organisé en sept sections, il offre un panorama aussi vaste que possible des préoccupations féministes reliées au genre et au développement, alimentant ainsi les réflexions et les études de cas dans le domaine.

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  • Pedagogías decoloniales desde Abya Yala: desarrollo de teorías feministas a partir de lo vivido
    by DANIELLE COENGA-OLIVEIRA,  
    1/6/2018

    The chapter aims to present the potential of individual and collective experiences for the joint construction of knowledge and the development of decolonial feminist pedagogies.

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  • La pensée féministe noire by Patricia Hill Collins
    by DANIELLE COENGA-OLIVEIRA,  
    1/4/2018

    Book review of La pensée féministe noire by Patricia Hill Collins

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  • Judith Butler the instrumentalization of religious discourse and the violence of a conservative society
    by DANIELLE COENGA-OLIVEIRA,  
    1/12/2017

    Discussion on feminist philosopher Judith Butler s trip to Brazil in a conservative context

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