Building Women’s Solidarity to Advance Women’s Rights in Bolivia

<p>This paper takes a historical look at the deep-seated ethnic and class divisions between women in Bolivia. It also examines the cultural challenges that help explain the status of women in Bolivia and the obstacles women face to become politically active. It provides the theories of decolonization and depatriachalization as practical ways Bolivia can move past their colonial and patriarchal history. It also looks into what feminism means overall in Latin America and what strategies Latin American women have used to make change for women. It then provides a political history of Bolivia from 1994 to the present giving the political context needed to understand the case studies. Three case studies are presented offering different strategies Bolivian women have used to make change for women. The analysis proposes which strategy is the most successful at making change for women in the Bolivian context. The conclusion offers a summary, as well as provides the connections between the literature review and research section. </p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts in International Studies (MAIS)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

International Studies

Year dc:date.available

2013

Author dc:creator

• Hammad, Luzdary

Contributors dc:contributor

• Elisabeth Jay Friedman

• bolivia
• women
• socialism
• latin america
• feminism
• civil society
• movemtns
• Latin American History
• Latin American Languages and Societies
• Latin American Studies
• Political Theory
• Women's Studies

Repository record dc:identifier

https://repository.usfca.edu/thes/121

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:repository.usfca.edu:thes-1140