Peruvian women bridging two centuries: from victim of violence to defender of human rights (1980-2020)

Abstract

Twenty years ago the internal armed conflict that cost more than 70,000 victims and 20,000 disappearances in Peru (1980-2000). In addition to the impact of the suffered violence, this article aims to examine the role that many Peruvian women have played as protagonists of a tireless search for their disappeared relatives and as civic examples in their activism for the respect of human rights from the 1980s to the present day.