From suffragism to parity: conquests and paradoxes in Costa Rica's bicentennial

 

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Auteur: Valverde Valverde, Érika
Format: artículo original
Statut:Versión publicada
Date de publication:2018
Description:On the eve of Costa Rica’s bicentennial celebration, this article presents the trajectory of Costa Rican women and feminists’ movements in the achievement of their political rights. Therefore, it begins with the suffragist struggle carried out during the first half of the twentieth century, particularly by the Feminist League, which made possible the recognition of these rights to Costa Rican women. Subsequently, the article refers to the contemporary feminist struggles, in the late XX century and early XXI century, aimed at establishing affirmative action mechanisms -such as quotas and parity- that would make it possible to elect more women in popular representation positions. Finally, the article reviews some existing paradoxes in the advancement of the substantive equality and recovers some of the current challenges for the advancement of women human rights agenda.
Pays:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Langue:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/35357
Accès en ligne:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/estudios/article/view/35357
Access Level:acceso abierto
Mots-clés:Costa Rica
bicentennial
feminism
Feminist League
formal equality
human rights
substantive equality
parity
suffragism
women's political rights
bicentenario
derechos humanos
derechos políticos de las mujeres
feminismo
igualdad formal
igualdad sustantiva
Liga Feminista
sufragismo
paridad