@article{a63ff5e22f3540eebe2546bbd27ac4ad,
title = "Gender and political violence in Latin America: Concepts, debates and solutions",
abstract = "Violence against women in politics is increasingly recognized around the world {"}but especially in Latin America{"} as an emerging tactic to deter women's political participation. We survey how this concept has been defined by academics and practitioners across the region {"}largely in terms of physical and psychological violence{"} and draw on global data and research in various disciplines to propose expanding this concept to include two further forms of violence: economic and symbolic. We provide examples of all four types of violence in Latin American countries and then consider a range of solutions that might be pursued in light of this broader definition. We emphasize that a comprehensive approach provides the best means for tackling violence in all its forms.",
keywords = "Gender, Latin America, Political-violence",
author = "Krook, {Mona Lena} and San{\'i}n, {Juliana Restrepo}",
note = "Funding Information: Prior to this path-breaking reform, debates in Bolivia already played a role in initiating broader discussions across the region. In 2007, soon after the legislative initiative was presented, the 10th Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean signed the Quito Consensus acknowledging the issue on a broader scale for the first time. Attendees agreed as a group to move to “adopt legislative measures and institutional reforms to prevent, sanction, and eradicate political and administrative harassment against women who achieve decision-making positions through election or appointment, both at the national and local levels, as well as in political parties and movements”,4 A project funded by the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development with the support of un Women was subsequently carried out in four countries —Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ecuador and Bolivia— with the goal of enriching the theoretical discussion on this particular theme through empirical case studies. The result of this inductive work has been to identify additional behaviors constituting political harassment and violence against women, like deliberating",
year = "2016",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "23",
pages = "125--157",
journal = "Politica y Gobierno",
issn = "1405-1060",
publisher = "Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas A.C.",
number = "1",
}