Interdisciplinary perspectives on gendered violence and resistance in Latin America

Latin America has been the backdrop of colonial extraction, military dictatorships and armed conflicts, while it has also been characterised by its strong social movements, political organising and solidarity. Although these phenomena are gendered, diverse and intersectional gendered experiences have been insufficiently recognised in academic research. This article introduces a collection that questions mainstream understandings of how gendered violence against cisgender women and other feminised bodies, including people with diverse gender identities, expressions and sexual orientations in Latin America can be understood, and what we can learn from resistance against gendered violence.