Indigenous Women’s Movements in Latin America

Stéphanie Rousseau is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. She is the author of Women’s Citizenship in Peru and also published several articles and book chapters on indigenous politics and women’s movements in Bolivia and Peru. She previously worked as Associate Professor at Université Laval, Canada. Anahi Morales Hudon is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Human Sciences, Saint Paul University, Canada. She has published articles on indigenous women’s movements in Mexico—Chiapas, Oaxaca, and Guerrero—in the Journal of Latin American Studies, Sociologie et Sociétés, and Recherches Féministes.

• 1. Indigenous women’s movements: An intersectional approach to studying social movements .- 2. Indigenous movements merge into party and state politics .- 3.Indigenous women transform the politics of representing women .- 4. Indigenous self-determination: from national dialogues to local autonomies .- 5. Indigenous women’s struggle for autonomy .- 6. The “exceptional case” no longer so exceptional .- 7. Indigenous women strengthen the indigenous movement .- 8. Conclusion.