From Progress to Conservative Reaction: The National Policy on Women’s Rights and its Impact on Local Legal Mobilization under the Lula/Dilma and Bolsonaro Governments
In this paper, we examine how the Brazilian national politics on women’s rights, particularly relating to violence against women, changed and faced a backlash during Bolsonaro’s government (2019-2022), and how the federal politics impacted legal mobilization for women’s rights at the local level. We...
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I10-R334-article-445132024-05-03T20:19:24Z From Progress to Conservative Reaction: The National Policy on Women’s Rights and its Impact on Local Legal Mobilization under the Lula/Dilma and Bolsonaro Governments Del avance a la reacción conservadora: la política nacional sobre derechos de las mujeres y su impacto en la movilización legal a nivel local bajo los gobiernos de Lula/Dilma y Bolsonaro MacDowell Santos, Cecília Tomaz de Souza, Luanna women’s rights federalism and subnational politics legal mobilization mobilization; Bolsonaro government derechos de las mujeres federalismo y política subnacional movilización legal Gobierno de Bolsonaro In this paper, we examine how the Brazilian national politics on women’s rights, particularly relating to violence against women, changed and faced a backlash during Bolsonaro’s government (2019-2022), and how the federal politics impacted legal mobilization for women’s rights at the local level. We compare Bolsonaro’s programs and discourse on women’s rights with those of former presidents Lula (2003-2010) and Dilma Rousseff (2011-2016). We then examine their impacts at the local level. The city of Belém, in the North of Brazil, serves as a case-study. In addition to national plans to combat violence against women, we rely on interviews with local governmental and nongovernmental feminist actors to understand the dynamics of the relationship between federal and local legal mobilization. We approach legal mobilization as multiple strategies that go beyond litigation, carried out by both governmental and non-governmental organizations. The federal reactionary women’s rights discourse impacts legal mobilization at the local level but does not determine it. The local organizations are under the jurisdiction of states and cities and can develop legal mobilization strategies in that context. We engage with the literature on progressive women’s movements and reactionary (antigender) counter-movements. En este artículo examinamos cómo la política nacional brasileña sobre los derechos de las mujeres, particularmente en relación con la violencia de género, enfrentó un proceso de reacción conservadora o backlash durante el gobierno de Bolsonaro (2019-2022), y cómo la política federal impactó la movilización legal por los derechos de las mujeres a nivel local. Comparamos los programas y el discurso de Bolsonaro sobre los derechos de las mujeres con los de los expresidentes Lula (2003-2010) y Dilma Rousseff (2011-016). Luego examinamos sus impactos a nivel local. La ciudad de Belém, en el norte de Brasil, sirve como caso de estudio. Además de analizar los planes nacionales para combatir la violencia contra las mujeres, nos basamos en entrevistas con actoras feministas gubernamentales y no gubernamentales locales para comprender la dinámica de la relación entre la movilización legal a nivel federal y local. Abordamos la movilización legal como estrategias múltiples que van más allá del litigio, llevadas a cabo tanto por organizaciones gubernamentales como no gubernamentales. Argumentamos que el discurso federal reaccionario sobre los derechos de las mujeres impacta la movilización legal a nivel local pero no la determina. Las organizaciones locales están bajo la jurisdicción de estados y ciudades y pueden desarrollar estrategias de movilización legal en ese contexto. Centro de Estudios Avanzados 2024-03-12 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/restudios/article/view/44513 10.31050/re.vi51.44513 Estudios digital; Núm. 51 (2024): Federalismo, política, cultura y sociedad en América Latina; 83-112 1852-1568 0328-185X 10.31050/re.vi51 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/restudios/article/view/44513/44727 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 |
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women’s rights federalism and subnational politics legal mobilization mobilization; Bolsonaro government derechos de las mujeres federalismo y política subnacional movilización legal Gobierno de Bolsonaro |
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MacDowell Santos, Cecília Tomaz de Souza, Luanna |
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From Progress to Conservative Reaction: The National Policy on Women’s Rights and its Impact on Local Legal Mobilization under the Lula/Dilma and Bolsonaro Governments |
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From Progress to Conservative Reaction: The National Policy on Women’s Rights and its Impact on Local Legal Mobilization under the Lula/Dilma and Bolsonaro Governments |
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From Progress to Conservative Reaction: The National Policy on Women’s Rights and its Impact on Local Legal Mobilization under the Lula/Dilma and Bolsonaro Governments |
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From Progress to Conservative Reaction: The National Policy on Women’s Rights and its Impact on Local Legal Mobilization under the Lula/Dilma and Bolsonaro Governments |
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From Progress to Conservative Reaction: The National Policy on Women’s Rights and its Impact on Local Legal Mobilization under the Lula/Dilma and Bolsonaro Governments |
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from progress to conservative reaction: the national policy on women’s rights and its impact on local legal mobilization under the lula/dilma and bolsonaro governments |
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In this paper, we examine how the Brazilian national politics on women’s rights, particularly relating to violence against women, changed and faced a backlash during Bolsonaro’s government (2019-2022), and how the federal politics impacted legal mobilization for women’s rights at the local level. We compare Bolsonaro’s programs and discourse on women’s rights with those of former presidents Lula (2003-2010) and Dilma Rousseff (2011-2016). We then examine their impacts at the local level. The city of Belém, in the North of Brazil, serves as a case-study. In addition to national plans to combat violence against women, we rely on interviews with local governmental and nongovernmental feminist actors to understand the dynamics of the relationship between federal and local legal mobilization. We approach legal mobilization as multiple strategies that go beyond litigation, carried out by both governmental and non-governmental organizations. The federal reactionary women’s rights discourse impacts legal mobilization at the local level but does not determine it. The local organizations are under the jurisdiction of states and cities and can develop legal mobilization strategies in that context. We engage with the literature on progressive women’s movements and reactionary (antigender) counter-movements. |
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