Conservative Onslaught Undermines Gender Advances in Latin America
By Fabiana Frayssinet
BUENOS AIRES, Nov 23 2017 (IPS) - A conservative and fundamentalist onslaught in Latin America against a supposed gender ideology is jeopardising advances in the fight against violence towards women, feminist activists complain.
Susana Chiarotti, an Argentine lawyer who is a member of the Advisory Council of the Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defence of Womens Rights (Cladem), described this as one of the issues of concern, while reflecting on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, celebrated on Nov. 25.
That day opens 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, until Human Rights Day on Dec. 10, led by the campaign UNiTE, in which different United Nations agencies participate, whose theme this year is Leave No One Behind: Ending Violence against Women and Girls.
These anti-womens rights campaigns are not isolated, scattered or erratic. They are well organised, financed and coordinated. Conservative sectors in all countries are connected with each other and share strategies and activities, Chiarotti told IPS when explaining the scope of the conservative offensive.
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