Multiple forms of violence in Latin America and the Caribbean: genders, dissidences and otherness
Call for research proposals for research teams
Registration closes: March 28, 2022
BACKGROUND
Various forms of violence occur and are reproduced daily in Latin America and the Caribbean, intertwined with the logic of inequality and the deepening of dynamics of discrimination, racism, segregation, and the denial of life. Violence permeates the lives of millions of women, gender minorities, and other marginalized groups. In many countries, the situation of women and other social groups fighting for equal rights and better living conditions has deteriorated in recent years, revealing a complex landscape of threats and dangers.
Gender-based violence is a public health problem, a human rights violation, and a barrier to economic development. In its various forms (physical, psychological, sexual, economic, patrimonial, social, vicarious, and symbolic), violence is reinforced and generalized due to the normalization of such actions, which even justify the femicides that claim the lives of thousands of women in the region. In 2020, according to the ECLAC Gender Equality Observatory, at least 4.091 women were victims of femicide, despite greater visibility and social condemnation. Statistics also demonstrate that women are the primary victims of sexual violence, forced teenage pregnancies, workplace harassment, trafficking, and sexual slavery.
States in the region declare themselves against violence against women and gender minorities and create protection policies, but the truth is that these statements, which are mostly enshrined in law, are often not supported by real measures and actions that positively impact the lives of these groups. This leads to situations of denial (and even suppression) of otherness, differences, and diversity.
Similarly, people who dissent from bigenderism are also victims of gender-based violence. Patriarchy requires institutions to maintain itself, strengthen itself, and adapt to current circumstances: compulsory heterosexuality and the sexual contract. This means the obligation of cohabitation between men and women in numerically balanced masculinity/femininity ratios. The heterosexual relationship is presented as the destiny of any woman, thus silencing other ways of being and existing in the world, other feminist ways of being and existing, generating marginalized, excluded, despised, pathologized, discredited, invisible, denied, and suppressed identities, and therefore, subjecting them to violence.
Simultaneously, mobilizations across broad social sectors are growing in support of the rights of women and gender minorities, denouncing violence, inequalities, and discrimination of various kinds, and demanding respect for a dignified life, recognition of alternative ways of being, and equality. If knowledge production is conceived as a social and collective endeavor, this call for proposals encourages research teams comprised of researchers from diverse backgrounds, career paths, and experiences who aim to produce rigorous knowledge on the topics raised, as well as generate advocacy that contributes to counteracting the violence experienced by women and gender minorities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Applicant profile.
Applicants must be researchers with accredited ties to CLACSO Member Centers, which they will demonstrate with a sworn statement. If awarded the scholarship, they must submit a letter of support signed by the highest authority of the center.
- Submissions by collective authors of up to four (4) members will be accepted.
- The formation of the teams must respect gender parity (at least 50% women) and must select one of the members as responsible for the registration of the project.
- Each team must be made up of trained researchers, that is, those who hold a master's degree, doctorate or equivalent and have a proven academic track record, and researchers in training, that is, those who have a degree or are currently pursuing master's or doctoral studies.
- Each researcher or research team may only participate with one proposal in this call.
- If the scholarship is awarded and travel is necessary, the winners will be responsible for covering the costs of medical insurance or similar expenses.
Support to be granted
Up to six (6) group scholarships will be awarded.
The amount of each scholarship awarded will consist of:
- $10.000 for each research team.
The proposed research will be carried out over a maximum period of 10 (ten) months. The grants will be paid in installments via bank transfers made to the principal investigator. It is expected that at least 60% of the grant funds will be used for activities related to gathering and processing the information necessary for the research, which must be reported to CLACSO with supporting documentation.
The winners will work with mentors assigned by CLACSO who will monitor their research and results. CLACSO will publish the final products in print and/or digital media, giving them wide publicity and dissemination through the channels it deems appropriate.
The authors will transfer the original publication rights of their works, given that CLACSO adheres to and defends the principles of open science and open access to knowledge, so that the resulting work is easy to find, accessible, interoperable, and reusable. Subsequently, these works may be published in any other medium, always citing the grant received. Grant recipients must inform CLACSO of the subsequent publication of works resulting from the grant work.
Characteristics of the proposals
- The member centers to which the applicants are linked must not have any outstanding debts in the payment of membership fees corresponding to the year 2021.
- Completed research projects will not be accepted. Proposals may be linked to ongoing research processes, but the final works must be original and unpublished products and developed within the period established by the call for proposals.
- Members of the Steering Committee or officials of the CLACSO Executive Secretariat may not participate.
- Proposals from researchers who are currently recipients of research grants, fellowships, or research projects organized by CLACSO will not be accepted. Applications from researchers who have previously received a CLACSO research grant will be accepted, provided that the recipient has fulfilled all obligations in a timely manner.
- Texts written in four languages commonly used in Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish, Portuguese, English and French) will be accepted, depending on the country of origin of the proposal.
Selection criteria for proposals
- In the first stage, the submitted proposals will be reviewed for their formal and administrative aspects to ensure their compliance with the competition rules. Proposals that do not meet the established requirements will be rejected.
- The proposals that pass to the next stage are evaluated by an International Committee made up of experts who will assess the quality and relevance of the proposals submitted under a pseudonym.
- The Call may be declared void or a smaller number of scholarship recipients may be selected, if the proposals submitted do not meet the required quality standards.
- Situations not covered in this document will be resolved by the convening institution.
- The ruling will be final.
Characteristics of research papers
- The research projects will develop their work plan between May 2022 and February 2023. This plan will be implemented under the facilitation of tutors assigned by CLACSO.
- The final report submitted by the scholarship recipients will be reviewed by the tutors.
- In their final version, the research papers submitted as a result should be between 12.000 and 15.000 words in length (excluding appendices and bibliography), written in Times New Roman 12-point font, single-spaced. This is an approximate guideline, and CLACSO reserves the right to make adjustments or exceptions if deemed necessary.
- The structure of the text will be free, respecting the conventions of presentation of an academic text and the editorial standards of CLACSO.
- In addition, each proposal must submit a Guidelines for Action Document, containing inputs and recommendations for public policies and social intervention on the topics investigated.
Texts written in the four languages commonly used in Latin America and the Caribbean (Spanish, Portuguese, English and French) will be accepted, depending on the country of origin of the proposal.
It is mandatory that the submission be made through the online registration system provided by CLACSO. Printed submissions and submissions sent by email will not be accepted. It is recommended to access the online system to review the registration form.
Visit the CLACSO website at clacso.org . The online registration system will be available starting February 23, 2022.
- Register in the CLACSO Single Registration System (SUIC). The generated username and password will be required each time you wish to access the system to consult, modify, add, or submit information for this or any other CLACSO activity. Applicants submitting joint proposals must designate one of the authors as responsible for registrationThis same person will receive the corresponding monetary award if the proposal is selected by the Jury.
- Identify the proposal by indicating its title and the pseudonym of the applicant(s). Applications with pseudonyms that correspond to the applicant's first and/or last name will not be accepted. Once the corresponding fields are completed, the system will enable the uploading of the following data.
- They must complete the registration form sworn declaration indicating the applicants' affiliation with a Member Center belonging to the CLACSO network. Consult the database of member centers at: https://www.clacso.org/institucional/centros-asociados/
- Complete the form personal and academic data and attach the curriculum vitae in free format; the digital copy of the identity document, passport or ID card; the digital copy of the highest academic degree obtained (or proof of degree in process) and the photograph.
- Once registration is closed, the system will produce an electronic certificate of receipt that will serve as proof.
Registration closes: March 28, 2022 (23:59 PM Argentina time)
Report due: April 2022
Project implementation: May 2022 to February 2023
Presentation of the final report: February 28, 2022
The results will be published on the CLACSO website. The winners will be contacted by email.
Inquiries: [mail protected]
Guidelines and forms: https://www.clacso.org/multiples-violencias-en-america-latina-y-el-caribe-generos-disidencias-y-alteridades/
OPINION – Multiple forms of violence in Latin America and the Caribbean: genders, dissidences and otherness

The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) announces the results of the Call for research grants for teams “Multiple violences in Latin America and the Caribbean: genders, dissidences and alterities”.
Seventy applications were received , of which, after the technical and formal review, 71 were in a condition to be qualitatively evaluated by the International Committee to consider the quality, relevance and coherence of the proposals according to the Call.
The evaluation process was carried out by an International Committee composed of 14 experts from 11 countries: Alba Carosio (Argentina), Ana Silvia Monzón (Guatemala), Daniela Perrota (Argentina), Javier Gómez (Bolivia), Jenny Torres (Dominican Republic), Marcia Leite (Brazil), Natalia Quiroga (Colombia), Norma Vasallo (Cuba), Patricia Ames (Peru), Patricio Dobree (Paraguay), Rita Alves (Brazil), Gabriela Lucia Marzonetto (Argentina), Catalina Mendoza (Ecuador), Montserrat Sagot (Costa Rica).
Based on the results of the evaluation process, CLACSO recognizes 6 research proposals and highlights the excellent quality, relevance and rigor of most of the applications received.
The list of winning projects is as follows:
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Authors |
Member Center or Institution |
Country |
Title of the proposal |
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Ana María Morales Troya, Andrea Vanessa Aguirre Salas, Heidy Mieles |
Interdisciplinary School of Advanced Social Studies – IDAES School – National University of San Martín (UNSAM) |
Argentina |
Feminist co-investigation: reconstruction of genealogies in the face of dispossession and precarization of life |
|
Tilsa Ponce, Valeria Manrique Cornejo |
Postgraduate Unit – UPG/UNMSM – Faculty of Social Sciences – National University of San Marcos |
Peru |
Multiple forms of violence in the trajectories of young female university students during the pandemic |
|
Hugo César Moreno Hernández, Blanca L. Cordero D, Maribel Valencia, María José Morales Vargas |
Postgraduate Program in Sociology – PPS/BUAP – Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities – Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla |
Mexico |
Trans women in transit: migratory experiences of bodies on the edge |
|
María Magdalena Caccia Lijtenstein, Laura Mercedes Oyhantcabal Fascioli |
Faculty of Humanities and Education Sciences – FHCE/UDELAR – University of the Republic |
Uruguay |
Gender violence and conservative discourses: The case of Uruguay |
|
Arelly Barbeyto, Martha Patricia Jaén Torres, Juan Pablo Gómez |
Interdisciplinary Institute of Social Sciences – IICS – Central American University – UCA |
Nicaragua |
Struggles and resistance of (rural) Indigenous and peasant women in Nicaragua against multiple forms of violence: A study from an intersectional and social memory perspective |
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María Ignacia Ibarra Eliessetch, Milson Betancourt Santiago, Rosa María Duro Montealegre, Pabel López |
Center for Regional Development Studies and Public Policies – CEDER |
Chile |
Multiple oppressions and territorial devastation: community resistances in contexts of intersectional violence |
This ruling is irrevocable and cannot be appealed.
Buenos Aires, May 10, 2022