Women's rights and regional politics under Cold War. Political and civil rights for Latin American women, 1944-1954

Bibliographic Data

ID5000406
AuthorsTeresa Cristina Novaes Marques (0000-0002-8452-6725, Universidade de Brasília, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume24
Issue52
Pages77-102
Publication date2023-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTopoi (Rio de Janeiro (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1518-3319 • E-ISSN: 2237-101X
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/2237-101x02405204
OpenAlexW4367334825
SCIELO_PIDS2237-101X2023000100077
LanguageEN
References cited9

This article argues that advancements in women's rights in the Inter-American diplomatic system after WWII did not solely follow women activists' interests but resulted from the male-dominated multilateral relations in the region too. In support of these negotiations, the new political vocabulary of Human Rights emerging from the re-configuration of the world affairs was instrumental for the advancement of institutional reforms related to women's rights in Latin America, especially voting rights. Contrary to existing literature on the subject, this article delves into the process of constructing this new vocabulary, instead of examining its final forms only. It uses archival sources from Brazil to offer another point of view of the making of the rhetoric of human rights and its uses in Inter-American relations in the after-war

Civil rights · Human rights · Latin Americans · Linguistics · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Rhetoric · Sociology · Vocabulary · Voting · Gender Studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America · Politics and Society in Latin America