Feminist movements and States in Latin America and the Caribbean

GENERAL PURPOSE

To conduct a historical and theoretical overview of the demands of feminist movements in Latin America and the Caribbean, recovering historical memory, analyzing the relationship and impact on States, debating current challenges and projecting future actions.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES

That the students:

• Place the feminist struggle within the contemporary debate on the public sphere and collective action, and in the construction of more just societies.
• Analyze the relationship of feminist movements with the State in different regions and historical moments in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Take stock of feminist demands from yesterday and today, and assess their potential to achieve concrete public policies on gender and social transformations.

• Introduction to the history of feminist and women's movements in Latin America and the Caribbean
• Feminisms of the second half of the 20th century
• Institutional feminisms and the expansion of rights. 
• Feminisms from Abya Yala and the Global South
• Latin American feminisms in their diversity: Decolonial, Afro-descendant, and popular feminisms; youth feminisms; cultural feminisms. The intersection/interweaving of oppressions
• Characterization of Latin American and Caribbean feminisms in the 21st century
• The debate on the relationship between feminist movements and the state: institutionalization and autonomy
• Feminist movements as drivers of social change
• Feminist emancipation, the state, and anti-rights reactions
• Current challenges of feminist movements

• Anzorena, Claudia (2006) Feminist movements and the United Nations: from the optimism of the 60s to the Beijing paradox. Paper presented at: VIII National Conference on Women's History, III Ibero-American Congress of Gender Studies, National University of Córdoba, Villa Giardino (Córdoba, Argentina), October 25-28, 2006.
• Anzorena, Claudia (2014) Conceptual and practical contributions of feminisms to the study of the state and public policies. In Plaza Pública, Journal of Social Work, Faculty of Human Sciences of the National University of the Center of the Province of Buenos Aires.
• Arguedas, Gabriela (2020) Anti-gender policies in Latin America. Published by the Observatory of Sexuality and Politics (SPW), a project based on ABIA, 2020
• Bidaseca, Karina (2016) Critical Genealogies of Coloniality in Latin America, Africa, the Orient Buenos Aires: CLACSO.
• Carneiro, Sueli (2001). Blackening Feminism. In LOLA Press No. 16. Uruguay: Lola Press
• Carosio, Alba (2011) The feminist critique of Human Rights. In Guillén, Maryluz (2011) Human Rights from a Critical Approach. Caracas, Ombudsman's Office/Juan Vives Suriá Foundation.
• Carosio, Alba (2019) The political irruption of the feminist movement. In Viento Sur No. 164.
• Carosio, Alba: Latin American feminism and its ethical and political project in the 21st century, VENEZUELAN JOURNAL OF WOMEN'S STUDIES JULY/DECEMBER, 2009 VOL. 14/ N° 33.
• Carosio, Alba: We Are the Same. Academia and Feminist Activism in Our South. Paper presented at the 2017 Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Lima, Peru, April 29 to May 01, 2017
• Celiberti, Lilian (2010) Polyphonic, intercultural and dialogical feminisms. Good Living from women's perspective. Paper presented at the FLACSO International Congress “Gender equity policies in perspective” Buenos Aires, November 2010
• Curiel, Ochy. (2009) Decolonizing feminism: a perspective from Latin America and the Caribbean. Paper presented at the First Latin American Colloquium on Feminist Praxis and Thought held in Buenos Aires in June 2009, organized by the Latin American Group for Feminist Studies, Training and Action (GLEFAS) and the Gender Institute of the University of Buenos Aires
• Declaration of the First Latin American and Caribbean Feminist Meeting (1981)
• Interview with Nancy Cardoso, Brazilian feminist theologian. “The feminist Latin America we want will not be possible without the poor women who today find refuge in religion.”
• Fuentes, Luisa (2019) These feminisms plot the desire for a feminist pachakuti.
• Gago, Verónica (2019) Mapping the counteroffensive: the spectrum of feminism. In Nueva Sociedad No. 282 / July - August 2019
• Gargallo, Francesca (2007) Latin American Feminism. In Venezuelan Journal of Women's Studies - Caracas, January-June, 2007- Vol. 12- No. 28 Venezuela: Center for Women's Studies of the UCV
• CLACSO Working Group on Anti-Patriarchal Struggles, Families, Genders, Diversities and Citizenship (2020) “Building a Feminist Citizenship Agenda in the Face of the Pandemic Challenge.” In Bulletin No. 1 Families, Genders, Diversities and Anti-Patriarchal Struggles. CLACSO, August 2020
• Working Group on Feminisms: Resistance and Emancipation (2020) “Pandemic and Post-Pandemic: Economy for Life.” In Bulletin No. 1: Feminist Perspectives and Horizons. CLACSO, August 2020
• Kirkwood, Julieta (1983). Feminism as a negation of authoritarianism. Paper presented to the Clacso Working Group on Women's Studies. Sept. 1983 in Mexico City.
• KOROL, Claudia. A feminist perspective on the formation of popular movements: The simultaneous battle against all oppressions. Venezuelan Journal of Women's Studies, Dec. 2008, vol. 13, no. 31. Venezuela: Center for Women's Studies of the UCV
• Lamas, Marta (2020) The Feminist Green Tide in Latin America. In Revista Común.
• Luna, Lola (1993) Feminism: Encounter and Diversity in Latin American Women's Organizations, 1985-1990 Paper presented at the V International and Interdisciplinary Congress of Women, Participation and Change, University of Costa Rica, S. José.
• Matos, Marlise and Paradis, Clarisse (2012) Latin American feminisms and their complex relationship with the State: current debates. In Íconos. Journal of Social Sciences. No. 45, Quito, September 2013
• Mérola, Giovanna (1985). Feminism: A social movement. In NUEVA SOCIEDAD No. 78 JULY-AUGUST Venezuela
• Nobre, Miriam and Wilhelmina Trout (2008) - Feminism in the collective construction of alternatives. The World March of Women at the WSF. In “Contexto Latinoamericano”, No. 7, January-March, 2008. Mexico: Ocean Sur
• Paredes, Julieta (2008) Weaving fine threads from community feminism. In Intellectual Women: Feminisms and Liberation in Latin America and the Caribbean (Buenos Aires: CLACSO, June 2017)
• Rivera Cusicanqui, Silvia. Decolonizing Gender. In Prado, Marcela and Febres, Laura. (2018) Latin American Women Essayists: A Critical Anthology. Valparaiso: Editorial Universidad Playa Ancha
• Sagot, Montserrat (2017) Feminisms, critical thinking and alternative proposals in Latin America. Buenos Aires: CLACSO.
• Szygendowska, Marta. (2021). Surrogacy as a form of commodification of the female body. Law Review (Valdivia).
• Tamez, Elsa (1999). The "racialized" and "gendered" living subject. In PASOS. No. 88. Costa Rica: Editorial DEI
• Toro, María Estela (2009) Latin American feminist debates: institutionalization and autonomy. In https://www.aacademica.org
• Transfeminisms in Latin America (2021) Sentiido Foundation and Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.
• Valencia, Sayak (2014) Gore Capitalism. In Feminist Debate Vol. 50. No. C.

The basic requirements for taking a seminar are:

• Availability of at least 4 hours per week to dedicate to the seminar course.
• Internet access.
• Reasonable handling of communication and computer tools.
• Language proficiency in the language in which the course will be taught. The official languages ​​are Spanish and Portuguese.

The seminars last 12 weeks, plus the completion of a final project. A total of 90 hours of dedication will be credited.

A course consists of twelve classes, each accompanied by required readings, supplementary readings, discussion forums, and learning activities proposed by the teaching team, as well as partial submissions and a final project. The course is delivered online and asynchronously. Some instructors may propose synchronous activities. In these cases, the time and date will be agreed upon in advance between the teaching team and the students to ensure everyone's participation. To pass the seminar, students must participate in at least 80% of the discussion forums and activities proposed by the instructors, complete all scheduled partial submissions, and pass the final project.

The possible payment methods are credit card, bank transfer and bank deposit.