Line Bareiro (born 1950) is a Paraguayan political scientist, civil rights activist and feminist.

Life

Line Bareiro studied at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, gaining a Masters in political science in 1979 and working as a research assistant to

Dieter Nohlen Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...

. Returning to Paraguay she worked with the NGO Paraguayo de Datos (BPD) until its suppression by Alfredo Stroessner in 1982. She was a founder member of the Centro de Documentación e Estudios in 1985, and active in the women's movement

Coordinación de Mujeres del Paraguay The Coordinación de Mujeres del Paraguay (Coordinating Body of Paraguayan Women, CMP) is a network of feminist organisations in Paraguay. The CMP was founded in 1987 or 1988. History At its inception the CMP consisted of fifteen Paraguayan women' ...

(CMP), founded in 1987. After Stroessner's overthrow in 1989, she was a founder member of Decidamos, a citizen advocacy group of NGOs. In 2010 Bareiro was elected to the UN's Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), to serve on the committee from 2011 until 2014.

Works

* (ed. with Clyde Soto & Mary Monte) ''Alquimistas: documentos para otra historia de las mujeres'', 1993 * (ed. with Ticio Escobar & Saúl Sosnowski) ''Hacia una cultura para la democracia en el Paraguay'', 1994 * (ed. with Celsa Vega) ''Campesinas frente a la pobreza : condiciones de vida de las familias organizadas de la Cordillera'', 1994 * (ed. with Clyde Soto) ''Ciudadanas: una memoria inconstante'', 1997 * (ed.) ''El costo de la libertad : asesinato y heridas en el marzo paraguayo'', 1999 * (with Clyde Soto
Women
In Peter Lambert & Andrew Nickson, ''The Transition to Democracy in Paraguay'', Springer, pp. 87–.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bareiro, Line 1950 births Living people Paraguayan women's rights activists Paraguayan human rights activists Women human rights activists Paraguayan feminists Paraguayan political scientists Women political scientists Heidelberg University alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Organization founders Paraguayan officials of the United Nations Paraguayan expatriates in Germany