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Antigender Activism in Peru and Its Impact on State Policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2020

Stéphanie Rousseau
Stéphanie Rousseau*
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
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In Peru, the adoption of a new school curriculum based on gender equality and nondiscrimination against sexual minorities led to the mobilization in 2016 of organizations connected to conservative churches under the slogan Con Mis Hijos No Te Metas (Don't Mess with My Children). This new countermovement uses street protests, the courts, and Congress to disseminate an antigender agenda that goes beyond its initial opposition to sexual education. Organizations in the countermovement consider the concept of gender to be a dangerous imperialist ideology, arguing that the state violates individual freedoms when it uses gender as one of the pillars of public policy.

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Online Critical Perspectives on Gender and Politics
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Politics & Gender , Volume 16 , Special Issue 1: Special Symposium on Women's Parties , March 2020 , E5
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Copyright © The Women and Politics Research Section of the American Political Science Association 2020

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