March 29, 2017
1:00 - 2:30 pm
Humphrey School Forum
A
new movement condemning the scourge of violence against women and the
lack of enforcement of existing laws has blossomed in Latin America –
Not One Woman Less, Ni Una Menos. On June 3, 2015 an estimated 300,000
participants marched in Buenos Aires, Argentina. On August 13, 2016 some
500,000 people marched in Lima and other cities in Peru. And, on
October 19, 2016 another massive march took place in Argentina, with
simultaneous marches in Mexico, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay. Violence
against women is an old problem, but Ni Una Menos demonstrates that
activism against it has taken on new proportions. This event will bring
organizers of the both the Argentine and Peruvian movements to campus to
discuss the making of this movement including the artistic and social
media strategies it has employed, the global network it has created, and
its impact on policy and culture.1:00 - 2:30 pm
Humphrey School Forum
This event will feature two prominent Ni Una Menos activists: María Pia López of Argentina and Alejandra Ballón Gutiérrez of Peru. López is a sociologist and a novelist, and has brought literature to bear on the movement. Ballón-Gutiérrez is an anthropologist and artist, and has brought performance art into the Peruvian movements’ strategic repertoire.
Sponsors:
Center on Women, Gender and Public Policy at the Humphrey School, UMN
University of Minnesota Spanish and Portuguese Studies
Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Chair
Macalester Anthropology Department and Latin American Studies Program
UMN Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change
UMN Department of Spanish and Portuguese Literature
UMN Department of Sociology
UMN Human Rights Program
Macalester College, Provost