Demanding Justice and Security: Indigenous Women and Legal Pluralities in Latin America

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.  . Across Latin America, indigenous women are organizing to challenge racial, gender, and class discrimination through the courts. 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. 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

Beautifully written ethnography and crisp theory make this a particularly useful classroom book.”  . “Demanding Justice and Security offers a panoramic view of Latin American indigenous women’s strategies for combating gendered violence and of creating constructive justice alternatives grounded in indigenous concepts of collective rights and autonomy