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Feminism in Argentina is a set of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women in Argentina. Although some women have been considered precursors—among them Juana Manso and Juana Manuela Gorriti—feminism was introduced to the country as a result of the ...
Women had organized to gather, holding a vigil, while also trying to learn what had happened to their adult children during the 1970s and 1980s. They began to gather for this every Thursday, from 1977 at Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires , in front of the Casa Rosada presidential palace, in public defiance of the government's law against mass ...
The status of women in Argentina has changed significantly following the return of democracy in 1983; and they have attained a relatively high level of equality. In the Global Gender Gap Report prepared by the World Economic Forum in 2009, Argentine women ranked 24th among 134 countries studied in terms of their access to resources and opportunities relative to men. [6]
Argentine human rights organizations have raised particular concern over Villarruel's family ties to the military and activism for victims of crimes committed by leftist guerrillas in the early 1970s.
Maria Luisa Anastasi de Walger: [14] [15] [16] First female judge in Argentina (1955) Margarita Argúas (1925): First female appointed as the Minister (Judge) of the Supreme Court of Argentina (1970) Alicia Oliveira: [17] First female to serve as a Judge of the Juvenile Correctional Court of the Federal Capital in Argentina (1973)
Human rights activists surrounded the Buenos Aires City Legislature on Monday to denounce an event honoring victims of armed leftist groups during the 1970s, when Argentina was engulfed by ...
Although men and women were abducted, children were of higher value and importance in shaping the future of Argentina. There was a waiting list of military families who wanted to adopt the trafficked children. These families specified ideal physical characteristics such as sex, hair and eye color.
The 1976 Argentine coup d'état overthrew Isabel Perón as President of Argentina on 24 March 1976. A military junta was installed to replace her; this was headed by Lieutenant General Jorge Rafael Videla , Admiral Emilio Eduardo Massera and Brigadier-General [ 5 ] Orlando Ramón Agosti .