Hear from guest editors Sanne Weber and Tatiana Sanchez on their Third World Quarterly (TWQ) Special Issue Addressing Gender-Based Violence in Latin America: Resistance, Agency and Solidarity.
Latin America is a region where conflict and resistance have historically been intertwined. While it has been the backdrop for colonial extraction, military dictatorships and armed conflicts, it has also been characterised by its strong social movements, political organising and solidarity. International portrayals of the region have long paid insufficient attention to the gendered dynamics of both violence and resistance. Together, the collection of articles in this volume question mainstream understandings of gendered violence and what violence against cisgender women and people with diverse gender identities, expressions and sexual orientations in Latin America entails, while also shedding light on different forms of resistance against such violence.
“In this special issue we bring together Latin American and Latin American based scholars who are transforming international research agendas on gendered violence and resistance. Their contributions are not only essential; they’re imperative, shedding light on urgent issues that continue to be overlooked.”
Sanne Weber and Tatiana Sanchez Parra
About the Special Issue Guest Editors
Tatiana Sanchez Parra is currently Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellow in the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. Her research is situated at the intersection of feminist studies, socio-legal studies and Latin American studies. She works on issues related to feminist peacebuilding, reproductive justice and reproductive violence in contexts of war and political transitions. Her first book, Born of War in Colombia: Reproductive Violence and Memories of Absence, was published by Rutgers University Press in the spring of 2024.
Sanne Weber is Assistant Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies at the Radboud University Nijmegen. Her research explores how conflict intersects with structural inequalities such as gender and age. She uses ethnographic, participatory and creative research methods to understand whether and how transitional justice mechanisms are capable of transforming gendered and other structural inequalities. She has worked primarily in Latin America, particularly in Colombia and Guatemala. Her book Gender and Citizenship in Transitional Justice: Everyday Experiences of Reparation and Reintegration in Colombia was published in June 2023 with Bristol University Press.
