Essays about: "Karin Bender"

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  1. 1. "We became sisters, not of blood but of pain" : Women's experiences of organization and empowerment in relation to enforced disappearances in Mexico

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Karin Bender; [2017]
    Keywords : Women s empowerment; women s organization; enforced disappearances; Mexico; power; critical consciousness; feminist research;

    Abstract : Enforced disappearances has been used as a repressive strategy by numerous Latin American states against tens of thousands of presumed political opponents and adversaries, starting in the 1960’s in Guatemala. In contemporary Latin America, Mexico holds the record for disappearances, both politically and non-politically motivated, with more than 30 000 cases reported since the beginning of the drug war in 2006. READ MORE