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 que cumple 10 años difundiendo noticias de Latinoamérica

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Women's Month: Rita Segato

In preparation for this Patria Grande note on Women's Month, our initial idea was to make a count of the most outstanding Latin American women in the fields of science, politics, arts, etc. Not a simple task that led us to the very pleasant recognition that, if so, we should write about hundreds and hundreds of women from all countries. Since the struggles for Independence, women have been at the head of social, political, and artistic movements throughout our continent.

So, we decided to choose a woman with an impeccable and long career in her service to humanity. In her tribute and gratitude to her, goes our eternal recognition to all women...

 

According to Wikipedia, Rita Laura Segato (born 14 August 1951) is an Argentine-Brazilian academic, who has been called "one of Latin America's most celebrated feminist anthropologists" and "one of the most lucid feminist thinkers of this era". She is specially known for her research oriented towards gender in indigenous villages and Latin American communities, violence against women and the relationships between gender, racism and colonialism. One of her specialist areas is the study of gender violence.

 

Segato was born in Buenos Aires and educated at the Instituto Interamericano de Etnomusicología y Folklore de Caracas. She has an MA and a PhD in anthropology (1984) from Queens University, Belfast. She teaches Anthropology at the University of Brasilia, where she holds the UNESCO Chair of Anthropology and Bioethics, since 2011 she has taught on the Postgraduate Program of Bioethics and Human Rights. She additionally carries out research on behalf of Brazil's National Council for Scientific and Technological Development.

 

In 2016, along with Prudencio García Martínez, Segato was an expert witness in the Sepur Zarco case, in which senior officers at a military base in Guatemala were convicted of crimes against humanity as a result of the holding of fourteen women in sexual and domestic slavery. The defense tried to challenge the expertise of the witnesses, but their appeal was unsuccessful. Her works were an inspiration to the Chilean collective LASTESIS from Valparaíso for the song and performance “A Rapist in Your Path”, which was performed by women throughout America, Europe, and Australia.

 

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