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Latin America a pending debate contributions in economics and politics from a gender perspective.

Publisher: DAWN (Development Alternatives with Women for a New era), REPEM (Red de Educacion Popular Entre Mujeres) and Feminist Initiative of Cartagena (IFC)
Author: Cecilia Lopez, M. Alma Espino, Rosalba Todaro, Norma Sanchis.
Type: Book
Date: October 2007
Keywords: Labor; Macroeconomics;
Location in CRTDA: The Machreq/Maghreb Gender Linking and Information Project (MACMAG GLIP) Library
Latin America faces an unexpected political opening. Women are aspiring to occupy both legislative and executive posts. This new scenario is unfolding at a time when the huge advances made by Latin American women in a range of areas are beginning to become evident, but are not yet reflected in the levels of their participation in politics, which remains a space to be conquered. The entry of women into politics requires their commitment to identifying a dream, to defining what kind of society they wish to build and the strategies which should be adopted in order to overcome the barriers that have historically excluded them. Feminism has developed a wide-ranging reserve of theoretical reflection and political experience that criticizes philosophical essentialism and political fundamentalism. While women may not be able to achieve profound changes on their own, they may put in motion processes that will undoubtedly attract many supporters. Women's sensitivity to discrimination, to exclusion, and particularly to violence allows them to carry out analyses and draft proposals focusing on issues such as the precarious forms of employment prevailing in labor markets, economic, political, and social insecurity, the frailties of the justice system and the lack of transparency and civic culture in the management of public issues.

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