Civil Society and Feminist Foreign Policies in Latin America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6354309 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daniela Sepúlveda (University of Minnesota System, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 672-674 |
| Publication date | 2025-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Politics & Gender (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1743-923X • E-ISSN: 1743-9248 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1743923x25100238 |
| OpenAlex | W4413735931 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In the 1980s and 1990s, many Latin American countries transitioned from dictatorships to democracies, paving the way for the structural redesign of their foreign policies. In response to sustained feminist mobilization in civil society, by the 2000s several of these countries had established gender divisions in their Ministries of Foreign Affairs. These divisions prioritized the incorporation of gender equality norms in their national and international legal obligations and established protocols to implement gender equality measures. As part of this process, there was also a push for increased participation of women in the foreign policy arena, especially in Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, and Uruguay (Fuentes-Julio et al. 2022
Civil society · Economic history · Latin Americans · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · History · International Labor and Employment Law · Labor Movements and Unions · Law
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |