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What is the feminism?

Feminist theory aims to interrogate inequalities and inequities along the intersectional lines of ability, class, gender, race, sex, and sexuality, also feminism seek to effect change in areas where these intersectionalities create power inequity.

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In the other words, feminism seeks:

The advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes

The belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities

The theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes

The doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men

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—Angela Davis

“Feminism is the radical idea that woman are people”

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In the 15th-century the writer Christine de Pizan protested misogyny and the role of women in the Middle Ages. Years later, writers and philosophers like Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Mary Wollstonecraft, author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, argued vigorously for greater equality for women (History, 2019). All of these people advocated for the dignity, intelligence, and basic human potential of the female sex.

HISTORY

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Rise of the feminist movement…

It was in the 19th century that the strategies that would allow women to obtain basic rights and a dignified human treatment began to be consolidated. This is how the feminist movement was born, having its first wave in the industrial zone.

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Achievements in the last years

Discussions about the vote and women's participation in politics led to an examination of the differences between men and women.

Much of the movement's energy was focused on passing the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution guaranteeing social equality regardless of sex.

The Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, which describes the new movement ideology and political strategies.

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Achievements in the last years

the feminist mobilizations have managed through the years to obtain rights for women, such as the right to vote, to education and decent work

today women have the right to dress as they wish, speak in public, work and a decent life in most countries, but they continue to fight because we are treated as human beings and not as objects

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Importance of feminism

According to ECLAC, femicides increased by approximately 20% in Latin America. Not all countries have policies to eliminate violence against women, and unemployment among women has increased by 10% in recent years.

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Feminism is important today due to cases of femicide, gender-based violence and misogyny so present especially in Latin America. This is why women continue to fight to end the patriarchal structure that violates us day by day.

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Finally, it is important to mention that according to feminist groups, more and more women join this movement

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Thanks

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Forbes (2017). What Is Feminism, And Why Do So Many Women And Men Hate It?. Recovered from: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kathycaprino/2017/03/08/what-is-feminism-and-why-do-so-many-women-and-men-hate-it/?sh=62a711887e8e

History (2019). Feminism. A&E Television Networks. Recovered from: https://www.history.com/topics/womens-history/feminism-womens-history

Mundosur (2021). MONITOR AND PROMOTE VISIBILITY, TO ERADICATE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN LATIN AMERICA. Recovered from: https://mundosur.org/feminicidios/

ECLAC (2020). Countries that have signed and ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. Recovered from: https://oig.cepal.org/en/indicators/countries-have-signed-and-ratified-optional-protocol-convention-elimination-all-forms

ECLAC (2020). Femicide or feminicide. Recovered from: https://oig.cepal.org/en/indicators/femicide-or-feminicide

ECLAC (2020). Total work time. Recovered from: https://oig.cepal.org/en/indicators/total-work-time