CHALLENGING THE NEOLIBERAL DEVELOPMENT PARADIGM: WOMEN'S EXPERIENCES AND NARRATIVES IN GUYANA AND GUATEMALA
6:00 PM
OISE, 252 Bloor St. W., Room 5-250
Organized by: Stacey Gomez
Endorsed by: Mining Injustice Solidarity Network
For more info contact: [email protected]
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The rhetoric of development is often deployed as a means of legitimizing neoliberal projects. This event examines the ways that neoliberalism, as a set of policies and a governing logic, has differential impacts on the lives of women in the global South, examining two specific cases.
Michelle Bobala (MA Candidate Development Studies, York University) will address the disjuncture between the Millennium Development Goals’ (MDG) rhetoric of gender equality, implementation on the ground and the lived realities of urban Guyanese women. The MDG’s are significant, as the global framework by which the international donor community adheres, underpinned by a neoliberalizing logic.
Stacey Gomez (MA Candidate Development Studies, York University) will share the struggle of Maya women in defense of territory in San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala. Since 2006, the Movement of the 12 Communities has been contesting a project entailing resource extraction and cement production, the initiative of Guatemalan company Cementos Progreso, allied with transnational capital. She will discuss the ways Maya women’s lives have changed since 2006, as well as their participation in resistance efforts. In Guatemala, mining, as well as other megaprojects are touted as forms of development, often meeting resistance from communities who contest this vision.
Their presentations will highlight alternative understandings of development, different conceptions of solidarity, and transformation of research into change. After brief presentations, there will be time for a question and answer period, as well as a discussion.
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This event is part of the 3rd Annual Latin America and Caribbean Solidarity Network’s Solidarity Month, taking place April 2013, around the themes of Peace, Justice and Solidarity. Through this initiative LACSN aims to create places of convergence that challenge the current paradigm while exploring alternatives through reflection, discussion, debate and critical engagement. LACSN’s Solidarity Month will explore local and international issues while at the same time build solidarity with the social movements and progressive governments of Latin America and the Caribbean. For the full calendar of events see: http://lacsn.weebly.com/month-of-solidarity---april-2013.html
This event is part of Mining Injustice Solidarity Network’s month-long event series Mining Resistance: Spring Into Action, taking place from mid-April to mid-May, which includes events ranging from panels, film screenings, and art exhibits to direct actions, creative protests, and outdoor teach-ins. Mining Resistance: Spring Into Action will highlight the work done by our community partners in addressing mining injustices at home and abroad. For more information, including a full calendar of events visit: http://mininginjusticesn.wordpress.com/about-2/
Michelle Bobala (MA Candidate Development Studies, York University) will address the disjuncture between the Millennium Development Goals’ (MDG) rhetoric of gender equality, implementation on the ground and the lived realities of urban Guyanese women. The MDG’s are significant, as the global framework by which the international donor community adheres, underpinned by a neoliberalizing logic.
Stacey Gomez (MA Candidate Development Studies, York University) will share the struggle of Maya women in defense of territory in San Juan Sacatepéquez, Guatemala. Since 2006, the Movement of the 12 Communities has been contesting a project entailing resource extraction and cement production, the initiative of Guatemalan company Cementos Progreso, allied with transnational capital. She will discuss the ways Maya women’s lives have changed since 2006, as well as their participation in resistance efforts. In Guatemala, mining, as well as other megaprojects are touted as forms of development, often meeting resistance from communities who contest this vision.
Their presentations will highlight alternative understandings of development, different conceptions of solidarity, and transformation of research into change. After brief presentations, there will be time for a question and answer period, as well as a discussion.
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This event is part of the 3rd Annual Latin America and Caribbean Solidarity Network’s Solidarity Month, taking place April 2013, around the themes of Peace, Justice and Solidarity. Through this initiative LACSN aims to create places of convergence that challenge the current paradigm while exploring alternatives through reflection, discussion, debate and critical engagement. LACSN’s Solidarity Month will explore local and international issues while at the same time build solidarity with the social movements and progressive governments of Latin America and the Caribbean. For the full calendar of events see: http://lacsn.weebly.com/month-of-solidarity---april-2013.html
This event is part of Mining Injustice Solidarity Network’s month-long event series Mining Resistance: Spring Into Action, taking place from mid-April to mid-May, which includes events ranging from panels, film screenings, and art exhibits to direct actions, creative protests, and outdoor teach-ins. Mining Resistance: Spring Into Action will highlight the work done by our community partners in addressing mining injustices at home and abroad. For more information, including a full calendar of events visit: http://mininginjusticesn.wordpress.com/about-2/