From “Ni una más” to #Niunamenos: Women’s and feminism in Latin America

Abstract

This article focuses on the analysis of the dynamics of women’s and feminist movements in Latin America which strengthen their regional articulation, and their effects on the construction of social movements based on complex, plural and diverse processes of collective identification. I highlight two interrelated processes which contribute to explain these movements’ current characteristics. Firstly, the diversification of identities (from indigenous and afro-descendent women to lesbian feminism). And, secondly, the diversification of spaces for participation, from street demonstrations to digital participation using APP, including audiovisual productions (videos, rap, hip-hop). These two processes favor the widening of actions’ scope and diffusion, and a larger presence of women’s and feminist movements in social virtual communities.