Despatriarcalización: Una respuesta categórica del feminismo comunitario (descolonizando la vida)

The internationalization of capitalism and its system of representative democracy is the all-powerful kingdom of businessmen and transnational companies that today are an expression of a larger system. This system of domination is what communitarian feminism designates Patriarchy. This article prese...

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Main Author: Julieta Paredes C.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University Library System, University of Pittsburgh 2016-03-01
Series:Bolivian Studies Journal
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Online Access:http://bsj.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/bsj/article/view/144
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Summary:The internationalization of capitalism and its system of representative democracy is the all-powerful kingdom of businessmen and transnational companies that today are an expression of a larger system. This system of domination is what communitarian feminism designates Patriarchy. This article presents the foundations on which communitarian feminism is based, and how this form of feminism is different from other feminist currents. In particular, it analyses how neoliberal policies caused the institutionalization of the feminist movement through NGOs and networks that represented women and spoke on their behalf. In Bolivia, beginning with the popular insurrection of October 2003 led by El Alto, the Feminist Assembly created the conditions for the reconceptualization needed in the struggle against patriarchy and aimed at decolonizing feminism. Representatives of this Assembly went to Lima to the 13th Latin American and Caribbean Meeting,   in November 2014, and suggested Bolivia as the next venue. As this initiative was turned down, Communitarian Feminism has launched a call for the 1st Feminist Meeting of the People to take place in Bolivia, in 2016. La internacionalización del capitalismo y su democracia representativa ha sido el reino todopoderoso de empresarios y trasnacionales que hoy son expresiones de un sistema mayor. A este sistema de dominación las feministas comunitarias denominamos Patriarcado. Este artículo presenta al feminismo comunitario en sus diferencias con respecto  a  otros  feminismos.  En particular, se analiza cómo las políticas neoliberales provocaron la institucionalización del movimiento feminista a través de ONGs y de redes que representaban y hablaban en lugar de las mujeres. En Bolivia, a partir de la insurrección popular de Octubre 2003 a la cabeza de El Alto, la Asamblea Feminista creó un espacio de reflexión para las reconceptualizaciones que se necesitaban en la lucha contra el patriarcado y para la descolonización del feminismo. Representantes de esta Asamblea asistieron al 13º Encuentro Feminista Latinoamericano y del Caribe y sugirieron que Bolivia fuese la próxima sede. Como esta iniciativa fue rechazada, el Feminismo Comunitario lanzó la convocatoiria al 1er. Encuentro Feminista de los Pueblos, a realizarse en Bolivia en 2016.
ISSN:1074-2247
2156-5163