Fraternity and feminist struggles against sexual harassment at the National University of Colombia

Abstract

The article puts forward a reflection on the feminist struggles for the right of women to a life free of sexual harassment that emerged at the National University of Colombia. To do so, it addresses three aspects: i) the plurality of forms in which feminist organizations grouped following labor-union logics; ii) the multiplicity of strategies to denounce and deal with sexual violence; and iii) the difficulties to unite themselves towards achieving a common goal from a fraternal perspective. It posits fraternity as the republican metaphor that merge individuals through empathy and affection, challenging the individualism distinctive of academic neoliberalism.