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Call for Papers "Disconfigured Democracy: cases from Latin America and Europe" (Number 2, December 2024)

The political participation of indigenous women: A look at the 2020 congressional candidates in Peru

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Vol. 59 No. 2 (2021): Democracia y Gobernabilidad: una perspectiva Latinoamericana
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5338.2021.64722

Abstract

Inclusive democracy is affected in contexts where structural barriers proliferate that limit access to representation and representation of particular groups, in this case: indigenous women. From intersectionality, effective participation in the various areas of representation is exposed to obstacles such as socioeconomic inequalities, discrimination and harassment that condition the political development of indigenous women. Based on the analysis of the First National Survey of Congressional Candidacies in 2020, the aim is to show the state of participation of Peruvian women, considering that ethnic identities can mean additional barriers to fully exercise their political rights in electoral processes, where one of every three female candidates in this study self-identified as indigenous.

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political participation, intersectionality, indigenous women, structural barriers, congressional elections

Author Biography

Juan Manuel Ponte Torrel, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

Politólogo por la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Lima, Perú) y maestrando en Estadística Aplicada por la Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina (Lima, Perú). Actualmente, se desempeña como investigador en la Línea de Investigación de la Dirección Nacional de Educación y Formación Cívica Ciudadana (DNEF) del Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE).

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Ponte Torrel, J. M. (2021). The political participation of indigenous women: A look at the 2020 congressional candidates in Peru. Política. Revista De Ciencia Política, 59(2), 173–201. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5338.2021.64722
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