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Motherhood, Social Policies and Women's Activism in Latin America

Motherhood, Social Policies and Women's Activism in Latin America

Ramm, Alejandra
Gideon, Jasmine

Hardcover

Series: Studies of the Americas

General Political ScienceInternational RelationsUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 303021401X
ISBN13: 9783030214012
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Jul 18 2019
Pages: 296
Weight: 1.17
Height: 0.75 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English
This book is a critical resource for understanding the relationship between gender, social policy and women's activism in Latin America, with specific reference to Chile. Latin America's mother-centered kinship system makes it an ideal field in which to study motherhood and maternalism--the ways in which motherhood becomes a public policy issue. As maternalism embraces and enhances gender differences, it has been criticized for deepening gender inequalities. Yet invoking motherhood continues to offer an effective strategy for advancing women's living conditions and rights, and for women themselves to be present in the public sphere. In analyzing these important relationships, the contributors to this volume discuss maternal health, sexual and reproductive rights, labor programs, paid employment, women miners' unionization, housing policies, environmental suffering, and LGBTQ intimate partner violence.

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