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Gender and the Politics of Rights and Democracy in Latin America pp 102–123Cite as

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In Pursuit of the Right to be Free from Violence: the Women’s Movement and State Accountability in Uruguay

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In the 1980s and 1990s domestic violence became a focal point in the agenda of Latin American women’s movements. Multidimensional national and regional campaigns were carried out which included research, awareness-raising and service provision as well as lobbying the state. Women’s movements’ demands for greater state accountability were backed by international legal definitions of domestic violence as a violation of women’s human rights and norms outlining states’ duties to protect women’s right to be free from violence. By the end of the twentieth century, women’s movements throughout Latin America had successfully transformed what had previously been considered a private, personal problem into a public, political issue. In addition, in many countries outdated legislation had been reformed and new legal measures had been introduced.1

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  1. Institute of Latin American Studies, University of Liverpool, UK

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  2. Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London, UK

    Maxine Molyneux (Professor of Sociology) (Professor of Sociology)

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Johnson, N. (2002). In Pursuit of the Right to be Free from Violence: the Women’s Movement and State Accountability in Uruguay. In: Craske, N., Molyneux, M. (eds) Gender and the Politics of Rights and Democracy in Latin America. Women’s Studies at York Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403914118_5

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