TY - BOOK ID - 57000639 TI - Demanding justice and security PY - 2017 SN - 9780813587936 9780813587929 9780813587950 9780813587943 9780813590691 0813587956 0813587948 081358793X 0813587921 PB - New Brunswick, NJ DB - UniCat KW - Latin America KW - Indian women KW - Women, Indian KW - Women KW - Legal status, laws, etc. KW - Social conditions. KW - Gender KW - Violence KW - Indigenous population KW - Racism KW - Safety KW - Legislation KW - Book KW - Gender equality UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:57000639 AB - Across Latin America, indigenous women are organizing to challenge racial, gender, and class discrimination through the courts. Collectively, by engaging with various forms of law, they are forging new definitions of what justice and security mean within their own contexts and struggles. They have challenged racism and the exclusion of indigenous people in national reforms, but also have challenged 'bad customs' and gender ideologies that exclude women within their own communities. Featuring chapters on Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Mexico, the contributors to Demanding Justice and Security include both leading researchers and community activists. From Kichwa women in Ecuador lobbying for the inclusion of specific clauses in the national constitution that guarantee their rights to equality and protection within indigenous community law, to Me'phaa women from Guerrero, Mexico, battling to secure justice within the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for violations committed in the context of militarizing their home state, this book is a must-have for anyone who wants to understand the struggle of indigenous women in Latin America. ER -