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Feminist Agendas andDemocracy in LatinAmerica 2020 год

Feminist Agendas and Democracy in Latin America
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Аннотация: L atin American women's movements played important roles in the demo- cratic transitions in the Southern Cone (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Brazil) and Peru in the 1980s, as well as in the civil wars and peace processes in Central America in the 1980s and 1990s.They put gender-equity issues on political agendas throughout the region, reforming discriminatory family and labor laws, criminalizing violence against women, and introducing gender quotas for elections to national legislatures in several countries.Democratic governments established offices or ministries within the executive branch to design legislation, monitor progress, and carry out specific programs for women.Yet women's movements in Latin America appear to have lost momentum, unable to sustain their initial successes.The issues that mobilized women over the past few decades-equality in family law and violence against women-have been addressed by constitutional reforms and new laws in virtually every country, but the new laws are rarely adequately implemented.Women's issues are now institutionalized in government ministries, but these often remain underfunded and lack strong connections to women's organizations.Women's political representation has been promoted by quotas that require political parties to nominate women, but the laws are often evaded or ignored.Social norms have shifted markedly in favor of women's rights and toward equality for women; rural women have asserted demands
Год издания: 2020
Издательство: Duke University Press
Источник: Duke University Press eBooks
Ключевые слова: Religion and Society in Latin America, Politics and Society in Latin America
Другие ссылки: Duke University Press eBooks (HTML)
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