'Ni Una Menos': A women's social movement contesting gender-based violence in Arequipa, Peru

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'Ni Una Menos': A women's social movement contesting gender-based violence in Arequipa, Peru

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Victoria University of Wellington

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Ni Una Menos (NUM) is a social movement that since 2015 has spread through Latin America as a response to continuing problems of femicides and gender-based violence. NUM challenges gender power relations embedded in the machista culture, which top-down approaches within mainstream gender and development approaches (GAD) have overlooked. To date, most studies of NUM have focused on the movement in Argentina, and its major public actions. Few studies have sought a holistic understanding of how ...

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Research paper

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2020

Creator

Infantes Abril, Nadia Yris

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https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/_Ni_Una_Menos_A_women_s_social_movement_contesting_gender-ba...

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Gender, sexuality and education / Feminist theory / Human geography not elsewhere classified / Social change / Women's Social Movements / Gender-based violence / Activism / Feminism / Latim America / Peru / School: School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences / Human Geography not elsewhere classified / Culture, Gender, Sexuality / Social Change / Feminist Theory / Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified / Expanding Knowledge through Studies of Human Society / Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture / Degree Discipline: Development Studies / Degree Level: Masters / Degree Name: Master of Development Studies

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