The Feminist Movement in Mexico in the 21st Century: Youth, Radicality and Violence


Por: Alvarez Enriquez, Lucia

Publicada: 1 sep 2020
Resumen:
This paper addresses the analysis of the recent feminist movement in Mexico (2019-2020), initially led by young women within the National Autonomous University of Mexico and whose core demands centered around denouncing and putting a stop to violence against women. In the second half of 2019 this movement carried out numerous mobilizations and led several university faculties to a student strike; they took to the streets, summoning very diverse collectives and social actors. It is a ``new type'' of movement: it has a peculiar protagonist, it is diversified and in many ways different from previous feminist movements, lacking specific and unified leadership, and has been deployed with its very ``own'' language, direct and confrontational, even resorting to the use of violence as a means of ``communicating and shaking''. This movement has managed to impact public opinion, among other significant achievements like securing the attention of the authorities and triggering institutional and normative changes.

Filiaciones:
Alvarez Enriquez, Lucia:
 Enriquez, LA (Corresponding Author), Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Invest Interdisciplinarias Ciencias & Humanid, Mexico City, DF, Mexico

 Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Invest Interdisciplinarias Ciencias & Humanid, Mexico City, DF, Mexico
ISSN: 01851918





REVISTA MEXICANA DE CIENCIAS POLITICAS Y SOCIALES
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Facultad de Ciencias Politicas y Sociales, UNAM, CIUDAD UNIV, DIV ESTUDIOS POSGRADO, CIRCUITO MARIO DE LA CUEVA, MEXICO CITY DF, CP 04510, MEXICO, México
Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 65 Número: 240
Páginas: 147-175
WOS Id: 000626150900006

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