Abstract

RODRIGUEZ GUSTA, Ana Laura. The Femocrats of the Montevideo Government and the Feminist Transformation. Rev. interdiscip. estud. género Col. Méx. [online]. 2024, vol.10, e1145.  Epub Dec 02, 2024. ISSN 2395-9185.  https://doi.org/10.24201/reg.v10i1.1145.

Based on a subnational case study of the femocrats in charge of gender policies in the government of Montevideo, this article asks: What are the main features of the public policy actions of these actors? The findings show that these femocrats have adopted characteristics usually associated with social movements, by supporting women’s social organization, maintaining a political dialogue with leaders of the feminist movement, modifying public interventions, and building feminist identities and subjectivities. Thus, also from State institutions, it is possible to construct subjects capable of transforming the gender order.

Keywords : state feminism; gender equality policies; empowerment; social change.

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