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Peasant Women in L atin A merica: Transnational Networking for Food Sovereignty as an Empowerment Tool
Author(s) -
Pinheiro Machado Brochner Gabriela
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
latin american policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.195
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2041-7373
pISSN - 2041-7365
DOI - 10.1111/lamp.12054
Subject(s) - food sovereignty , peasant , sovereignty , empowerment , political science , emancipation , sociology , gender studies , food security , geography , politics , law , agriculture , archaeology
Inside L a V ia C ampesina, a transnational network of social movements, it is possible to identify women networks through specific struggles. This article aims to analyze how women have built their networking for food sovereignty as a cornerstone of labor within L a V ia C ampesina using a multiscale perspective. The objectives are to identify how peasant women networks use the claim of food sovereignty and how they use the boomerang mechanism at different spatial levels. It further attempts to identify how food sovereignty is linked to other gender claims, such as combating gender violence, to become a tool of emancipation and empowerment of rural women in L atin A merica. It will consider how transnational networking operates to empower them.