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Strategies to promote dignified and feminist academia: some collaborative reflections from Chile

López M, Mira A, Mauricia D, Acevedo P, Lopez R, Molina P, Gutiérrez L, de Billerbeck E & Breinbauer C.

Points of interest:

  • The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted and deepened gender inequalities in academia, especially affecting women scholars. This context led to the creation of the Feminist Network of the Social Sciences in Chile.
  • The Feminist Network of the Social Sciences aims to promote a feminist and dignified academia, centered on gender equality as a fundamental human right and as a core principle in the production and access to knowledge.
  • The research is based on self-training activities, critical reflection, and collective discussion carried out by this Network between the second half of 2021 and the first half of 2022, following a collaborative feminist approach.
  • Strategies are proposed to promote a decentralized, decolonial, and feminist academia, structured around four key pillars:
    1. Equity and justice in the production of knowledge;
    2. Dignified working conditions;
    3. Work environments free of harassment;
    4. Democratization of access to knowledge.
  • These strategies may have practical applications, such as use by academic institutions seeking structural change, as pedagogical material in gender-focused social science courses, or as a tool for collective reflection to foster new inclusive dynamics.
  • Although the focus is on women in academia, the proposals are recognized as relevant for other marginalized groups (e.g., based on class, ethnicity, territory, or disability). The article is presented as an open contribution to the academic community, aimed at promoting structural change through concrete practices.

 

Notes:

  • The following summary was prepared by Núcleo Milenio DISCA and is based exclusively on the original publication. Therefore, it should not be used for citations or references.
  • This article was originally published in English.

López M, Mira A, Mauricia D, Acevedo P, Lopez R, Molina P, Gutiérrez L, de Billerbeck E and Breinbauer C (2024) Are children under five with disabilities’ educational rights acknowledged and supported in Chile? Front. Public Health 12:1304152. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1304152

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1304152/full