Women, inequality and smuggling in the Ecuadorian borders / Mujeres, inequidad y contrabando en las fronteras ecuatorianas

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dc.contributor.authorDonoso, Claudia
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-08T19:37:12Z
dc.date.available2019-03-08T19:37:12Z
dc.date.issued2017-03
dc.descriptionThis article is the result of a grant provided by IDRC, in Ottawa, Canada. Work was done on site in the summer of 2013.en
dc.description.abstractA web of power relationships at the border have perpetuated intersectional inequalities that led women to become smugglers of fuel and propane cylinders in the border zones shared with Peru and Colombia, in El Oro and Carchi provinces in Ecuador. This web is supported by systems of discrimination based on gender, class, race and geographical location that foster unequal access to education, paid work, health services and comprehensive care against domestic violence, creating women’s insecurity. Customs control, police and military subsumed under national and border security aggravate the population security conditions. To address this empirical case, this article advances the concept of “feminist critical human security” to examine women’s security at Ecuador’s border zones. Further, drawing on Black feminism’s idea of intersectionality and matrix of domination, and feminist critiques of national security, this article proposes women smugglers as referents of security rather than as criminals, as the border security discourse views them.en
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dc.identifier.issn1390-8081
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/57473
dc.language.isoes
dc.publisherEstado & comunes, revista de politicas y problemas publicos, no. 5, vol. 2, julio-diciembre de 2017, 119-134 p.en
dc.subjectSEGURIDAD NACIONALes
dc.subjectSEGURIDAD HUMANAes
dc.subjectFRONTERASes
dc.subjectCONTRABANDOes
dc.subjectINEQUIDADes
dc.subjectMUJERESes
dc.subjectINTERSECCIONALIDADes
dc.subjectECUADORes
dc.subjectNATIONAL SECURITYen
dc.subjectHUMAN SECURITYen
dc.subjectBORDERen
dc.subjectSMUGGLINGen
dc.subjectINEQUALITYen
dc.subjectWOMENen
dc.subjectINTERSECTIONALITYen
dc.subjectECUADORen
dc.titleWomen, inequality and smuggling in the Ecuadorian borders / Mujeres, inequidad y contrabando en las fronteras ecuatorianasen
dc.typeJournal Article (peer-reviewed)en
idrc.copyright.holderYes, please share the article with your IDRC colleagues through the IDRC website and the digital library. IDRC e-mail from author to Carole Labrie, March 8, at 13:48.
idrc.dspace.accessOpen Accessen
idrc.project.componentnumber107099035
idrc.project.number107099
idrc.project.titleIDRC Corporate Awards 2012-2013en
idrc.recordsserver.bcsnumberIC01-9254-55
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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