Tag: Guatemala

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…

Judge Yassmin Barrios, “Justice and Reparation in Guatemala: Challenges and Possibilities”

Pictured is Iris Yassimin Barrios Aguilar.

156 Straub Hall, 1451 Onyx St., UO campus Free & open to the public Justice and Reparation in Guatemala: Challenges and PossibilitiesCLLAS Inaugural Lecture in Latinx and Latin American Studies Judge Yassmin Barrios will deliver the CLLAS Inaugural Lecture in…

Erin Beck wins book award for her research on Guatemalan NGOs

Pictured is Erin Beck.

Congratulations to CSWS faculty affiliate Erin Beck, whose book, How Development Projects Persist: Everyday Negotiations with Guatemalan NGOs, was selected as co-winner of the Book Award of the Sociology of Development section of the American Sociological Association. Professor Beck was recently promoted to…

Roundtable “Achieving Justice: Gendered Violence, Displacement, and Legal Access in Guatemala and Oregon”

Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA) Ford Lecture Hall 1430 Johnson Lane UO campus PDF: printable flyer Organized by the Center for the Study of Women in Society’s Américas Research Interest Group, this roundtable will explore how gendered violence in…

“Gender Justice in Guatemala: Advances and Challenges,” with Erin Beck and Lynn Stephen

Pictured is a street vendor selling textiles in Guatemala.

Erb Memorial Union (EMU) Room 119 UO campus UO professors Erin Beck and Lynn Stephen will discuss their research in a CLLAS Faculty Collaborative Research talk titled “Gender Justice in Guatemala: Advances and Challenges.” The talk will take place in…