DEL FEMINISMO AL FEMINISMO COMUNITARIO

El feminismo comunitario de la comunidad Mujeres Creando Comunidad y de las Asambleas del Feminismo Comunitario, es un espacio para hacer realidad nuestras utopías aquí y ahora. Escaldadas de las promesas de la tierra prometida, no creemos más en propuestas que no se empiecen a hacer realidad en el presente, no creemos más en propuestas de personas que no ponen el cuerpo por lo que piensan y sueñan en el cotidiano.

Julieta Paredes Carvajal in Dissidence and Communitarian Feminism

FROM FEMINISM TO FEMINISMO COMUNITARIO

Every March 8 (8M) human rights defenders, feminist, LGBTQ/cuir groups and others communities take to the streets. They use International Women’s Day as a time to denounce sexist violence and make demands for political and social change. Throughout the month of March (Women’s History month in the US), Mijente shared resources, informational graphics and videos on feminismo comunitario. We hosted two interviews to learn from international activists who use feminismo comunitario to respond to the needs of their communities. They intervene through indigenous healing practices and creating networks against colonial violence, which at it’s core is sexist, racist, capitalist, ableist and individualist. This course aims to continue the dialogue, about community based practices that have been constructed to support the work towards our buen vivir, con el feminismos comunitario in Latin America and the Caribbean. Continuing to expand our understanding of feminism is pro-mujer and rooted to our values. We are exploring the different paths feminismo comunitario can generate, in the lead up to 8M and beyond. So, what is feminismo comunitario all about?

FEMINISMO COMUNITARIO: DEFINITION AND EXAMPLES

Feminismo comunitario, or communitarian feminism, is a movement that emerged from Bolivian indigenous communities and the group Mujeres Creando Comunidad. It later spread throughout Latin American and the Caribbean. As defined by Dr. Silvana Martínez, it is a type of Latin American feminism characterized by radicalism and originality. As a political movement it demands a radical change in the patriarchal-capitalist-racist-colonial order. These systems have historically subjugated not only women but also men and nature, reproducing a society of discrimination, oppression and violence built on women’s bodies.