The Battle of Durban
This article assesses the main initiatives taken by the black movement organization in preparation for the III World Conference Against Racism. Particular attention is given to the Articulação das Mulheres Negras Brasileiras Pro-Durban, whose meaningful participation in the process resulted in im...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
2002-01-01
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| Series: | Revista Estudos Feministas |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ref/article/view/9563 |
| Summary: | This article assesses the main initiatives taken by the black movement organization in
preparation for the III World Conference Against Racism. Particular attention is given to the
Articulação das Mulheres Negras Brasileiras Pro-Durban, whose meaningful participation in the
process resulted in important gains concerning the final documents drawn, respectively, at the
Conference of the Americas (December 2000) and at the Durban Conference (August-September
2001). The author, drawing from her experience as a participant in the Articulação das Mulheres
Negras, discusses some of the conflicts and contradictions that emerged among the countries
present at the Conference and which were revealing of their ties with racism, colonialism and
Western economic expansion. She also analyzes the political gains brought about by the
Conference to women and men of the black diaspora, more specifically the Latin American
black diaspora, as well as the challenges that the overcoming of the chasm between whites
and blacks in Brazil poses today. |
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| ISSN: | 0104-026X 1806-9584 |