Event Title
Social and Political Actions of Women in Contemporary Argentina
Presentation Type
Oral and/or Visual Presentation
Presenter Major(s)
International Relations
Mentor Information
Zulema Moret
Department
Modern Languages and Literatures
Location
Kirkhof Center 2270
Start Date
11-4-2012 9:30 AM
Keywords
Changing Ideas/Changing Worlds, Culture, Freedom and Control, Gender, Globalization, Human Rights, Social Science, World Perspective
Abstract
My research paper focuses on the social political action of women in Argentina. I have explored prominent movements and figures regarding women's civil and political rights. I have included in my study important Argentine women such as Eva Peron, a woman with great political influence, who campaigned for women's suffrage among other social issues. I have also included in my study movements like Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, a small group of women who boldly broke the silence revolving around the many disappeared people in the 1980's, often their own children. My paper also explores Argentine women in more recent instances, such as the Piqueteras, an unemployed workers movement headed by women. The focus of my research was not solely political, as I attempted to address the social, economic, cultural and human aspects of women's social change. I compiled a research paper that follows women's struggle for freedom and civil rights in Argentine history over the last decades.
Social and Political Actions of Women in Contemporary Argentina
Kirkhof Center 2270
My research paper focuses on the social political action of women in Argentina. I have explored prominent movements and figures regarding women's civil and political rights. I have included in my study important Argentine women such as Eva Peron, a woman with great political influence, who campaigned for women's suffrage among other social issues. I have also included in my study movements like Las Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, a small group of women who boldly broke the silence revolving around the many disappeared people in the 1980's, often their own children. My paper also explores Argentine women in more recent instances, such as the Piqueteras, an unemployed workers movement headed by women. The focus of my research was not solely political, as I attempted to address the social, economic, cultural and human aspects of women's social change. I compiled a research paper that follows women's struggle for freedom and civil rights in Argentine history over the last decades.