Memoria y resistencia: la “protesta pesarosa” en mujeres víctimas de políticas eugenésicas en Perú

Abstract

Numerous human rights violations have been inflicted against women in Latin America. State violence has caused losses and silenced sequels, such as the involuntary loss of reproductive capacity through forced sterilizations between 1996 and 2001 in Peru. Through testimonies of affected women, we will analyze racial, aporophobic and gender violence, as well as resistance actions. We will rely on Judith Butler's concept of "mournful protest" to address the work of memory driven by women in mourning, seeking to revalue lives put at risk or left to die. This notion is relevant to reflect on the struggles between annulling or restoring a collective memory, and its importance in the preservation and demand for recognition of human rights violations without justice or reparation.