The Gender Order in Sumak Kawsay and Suma Qamaña. A Look at the Current Debates in Bolivia and Ecuador

Sumak kawsay and suma qamaña are concepts proposed by the original peoples in Andean countries that have been adopted in the Bolivian and Ecuadorian constitutions to denote a new economic and political model for society and state, and a new vision with respect to nature. In this article I consider w...

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Autor: Vega Ugalde, Silvia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Ecuador
Institución:Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Repositorio:Revista ICONOS
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/1210
Acceso en línea:https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/1210
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Gender
De-patriarchalization
De-colonization
Sumak kawsay
Suma qamaña.
Género
Despatriarcalización
Descolonización
Suma qamaña
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Sumario:Sumak kawsay and suma qamaña are concepts proposed by the original peoples in Andean countries that have been adopted in the Bolivian and Ecuadorian constitutions to denote a new economic and political model for society and state, and a new vision with respect to nature. In this article I consider what these concepts offers for questioning predominant gender relations. I inquire into the positions that the representatives of indigenous peoples, of state organisms, and of feminist organizations adopt in both countries. The article demonstrates the different reach of the debate in Ecuador and Bolivia and touches upon the policy of de-patriarchalization installed in the latter that has dynamized political discussions in recent years.