Colombia Internacional; School of Social Sciences, Political Science Department Univ. de los Andes (Colombia); Lina Álvarez, Angelika Rettberg, and José Fernando Serrano (Web)

Proposals by 30.08.2022

In this special issue, the editors aim to include different perspectives on the relationship between gender and politics. They are interested in contributions that allow us to understand whether and how the inclusion of a gender perspective in the economic and political transformations the world has experienced in recent decades has transformed politics (both at the level of state institutions and international cooperation, and at the level of political parties, social movements, and as reflected in voter preferences); how the exercise of politics varies according to gender; on what type of political agendas the gender variable has had more (or less) impact, and how different social sectors (churches, young people, educational communities, among others) have reacted to including the gender variable in social priorities. The special issue aims to attract views from different countries around the globe, seeking to offer perspectives from diverse cultural, social, political, and economic contexts.

While feminist conquests have come from decades ago, the last twenty years have seen a new transformation in the relationship between gender and politics in Latin America (Chant & Craske, 2003) and the world. It seems that it is no longer enough to open and occupy spaces previously closed to women (such as voting, the world of work, or life outside marriage) to ensure a place at the table. The current relationship between gender and politics poses a challenge to the very structures and power relations of societies (Mies, 1998; Segato, 2016; Gutiérrez-Aguilar, 2017), raises identity discussions, and demands more and more equality. The debates have further expanded with the developments, contributions, and criticisms made by movements that question gender and sexuality norms and that pose challenges to traditional understandings of politics, power and how it is or should be exercised (Curiel Pichardo, 2010; Encarnación, 2011; Namaste, 2012; Pecheny & Dehesa, 2011; Richardson & Monro, 2013; Serrano-Amaya et al., 2020). Obviously, this is not a harmonious process. On the contrary, the process has been marked by confrontations, harsh discussions, and conservative reactions (Corrêa, 2018; David & Roman, 2018). The spaces in which these transformations occur are institutional, cultural, economic, and social. Read more … (PDF)