Alliances with Mothers of the 'Disappeared' in Mexico: The Challenges of Feminist Legal Anthropology in Times of the Crisis of Human Rights

Time: Nov. 6, 2018, 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Location: Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114 Bird Library

R. Aída Hernández Castillo (CIESAS, Mexico City)

Castillo leads a compelling discussion of the limits and possibilities of feminist legal activism in the service of human rights and social justice, analyzing ethnographies of state spaces that revictimize families of “the disappeared.”  Hernandez-Castillo is part of an all women Forensic team working with mothers of the disappeared kids.

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Additional supporters:

• Women's & Gender Studies
• Latino-Latin American Studies

 

Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Women's and Gender Studies