YOUTH ACTIVISM IN SUPPORT OF ABORTION RIGHTS IN MENDOZA, ARGENTINA

MARÍA VICTORIA SECA

San Pablo

Conferencia; Second 2019 IFJP Polycentric Conference, "Gender Violence and Feminist Resistance in Latin America".; 2019

PUC-Sao Paulo/International Feminist Journal of Politics (IFJP)

In the last years, the women?s and diversity mobilization in Argentina appear in the street, in tv, in social media, in the schools with specifics demands against femicides and violence, and in support of the legalization of abortion and law of comprehensive sex education. If we have to design a postcard from 2018, we?ll show a group of young women with green bandanas, green and violet glitter in their bodies in the street of Buenos Aires, Neuquén, Córdoba or Mendoza. This paper is a first approach to understand the experiences of participation of young women who support the abortion rights in Mendoza (Argentina). Therefore, inquire about the process of identification as feminist, their practices and feelings during the time when the bill to allow for the Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancies (VIP or IVE in its Spanish acronym) was presented and debated in the House of Representatives (from March to August 2018). Finally, analyze the meanings built around their participation in the Green Wave. The methodology used in this paper is qualitative from an interpretative perspective and we made no-sexist interviews (Oakley, 1981) to four young women who perceive themselves as feminist activists and live in different areas of Mendoza. Through their testimony, we seek to understand the experiences of participation of young women who support the abortion rights in Mendoza (Argentina) and contribute to the scientific development of the region about women rights.