Maxine Molyneux delivers Rosa Manus Lecture

On Tuesday January 23 Professor Maxine Molyneux (UCL Institute of the Americas) gave the second Rosa Manus Lecture titled Latin American Feminism: A new Wave? hosted by the Institute on gender equality and women's history (ATRIA) with a comment by Professor Giselinde Kuipers (University of Amsterdam).

Maxine Molyneux presented her reflections on the history of Latin American feminism, focusing on the five decades since the  'Second Wave' of the 1970s. She asks how different are the struggles, tactics and challenges that confront the new wave of young activists as compared with previous generations? How different are the challenges today, and does feminism confront the rise of a more organised and self confident anti-feminist, anti-LGBTQI,  pro- family religious opposition?

The Rosa Manus Lecture is a tribute to a woman who is of historical importance for the development of women's position as fully-fledged political citizens and also in the field of history. Rosa Manus (1881-1942) played a crucial role in the women's suffrage movement and the peace movement at both a national and international level. In 1935, she was one of the founders of the International Archives for the Women's Movement (IAV), the precursor of the Atria-archive.

Through this annual lecture, Atria wishes to provide a critical, internationally oriented focus on academic developments that are relevant to women's and gender history. It is therefore also perpetuating the memory of Rosa Manus and the historical significance of her work. Read more about Rosa Manus