Category: Americas RIG

Mam women flee rural violence, seek gendered justice

New journal article by Lynn Stephen Fleeing rural violence: Mam women seeking gendered justice in Guatemala and the U.S. by Lynn Stephen. Journal of Peasant Studies, 46(2): 229-257. January 2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2018.1534836 Dr. Stephen’s uses the concept of gendered embodied structures…

Research project on gendered justice among those receiving OVPRI 2018 Incubating Interdisciplinary Initiatives awards

Pictured are Erin Beck and Lynn Stephen.

July 16, 2018—Lynn Stephen and Erin Beck, two members of the CSWS Américas Research Interest Group whose research on gender violence in Guatemala and the U.S. is on a yearly basis of support from CSWS, are among those whose research…

Study finds microfinance can help, even if goals aren’t met

Pictured is Erin Beck.

Editor’s Note: Erin Beck is a long-time CSWS affiliate and co-coordinator of the CSWS Américas Research Interest Group. Source: Study finds microfinance can help, even if goals aren’t met | Around the O August 7, 2017—UO political scientist Erin Beck…

Erin Beck’s new book, “How Development Projects Persist: Everyday Negotiations with Guatemalan NGOs”

Pictured is Erin Beck.

How Development Projects Persist: Everyday Negotiations with Guatemalan NGOs by Erin Beck. Duke University Press (May 2017) Erin Beck is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Oregon, a CSWS faculty affiliate, and co-coordinator of the CSWS Américas Research…

Roundtable will address immigrant and refugee rights issues

Roundtable will address immigrant and refugee rights issues | Around the O April 10, 2017 (From Around the O) — With plight of immigrants and refugees an issue of rising concern, the UO Center for the Study of Women in…