Feminisms in Latin America and the Challenges of Diversity in the XXI CenturyVirginia Vargas
Lecture THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO UNIVERSITY STRIKE Virginia Vargas is a Peruvian sociologist, political scientist, and feminist militant. In 1978 she founded the Centro de la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristán (The Flora Tristán Center for Peruvian Women), and is still active with the center today. Vargas has been involved in numerous other feminist and activist networks and initiatives, locally and globally, most recently with the Articulación Feminista Marcosur (The Marcosur Feminist Articulation), a Latin American feminist political network. Vargas was the Latin American and Caribbean NGO Coordinator to the NGO Forum held in September, 1995, on occasion of the Fourth World UN Conference on Women in Beijing, China. In Beijing, Vargas received a UNIFEM Award. Vargas is on the Advisory Council for the Democracia y Transformacion Global (Democracy and Globlal Transformation Program) at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, in Lima, Perú. Since 2001 Vargas has been actively involved in the processes of the World Social Forum, as a member of its International Committee, and on behalf of the Articulación Feminista Marcosur. Organized by: The Global Commons Foundation Co-sponsored by: Beatrice Bain Research Group |
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