The Flora Tristán Peruvian Women's Center ( or CMP Flora Tristán) is a

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established in

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in 1979 in defense of women's

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and

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. It has Consultative Status with the

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(ECOSOC). The current executive director is sociologist Liz Meléndez.

History

CMP Flora Tristán has been connected with the advancement of

women's rights in Peru Women in Peru represent a minority in both numbers and legal rights. Although historically somewhat equal to men, after the Spanish conquest the culture in what is now Peru became increasingly patriarchal. The patriarchal culture is still notice ...

since its founding in 1979. It was named in honor of French-Peruvian socialist writer and activist

Flora Tristan Flore Célestine Thérèse Henriette Tristán y Moscoso (7 April 1803 – 14 November 1844), better known as Flora Tristan, was a French-Peruvian writer and socialist activist. She made important contributions to early feminist theory, and argue ...

. Its founders include the feminist sociologists Virginia Guzmán Barcos, , and Virginia Vargas. The latter served as the organization's coordinator, and later as its director until 1990. The cartoonist

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joined in 1980, before they established their first site at Quilca, to run publication and create visual elements for promotion for the organization. The jurist was responsible for the legal assistance program for defense of victims of

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, including violence and sexual exploitation against minors. She was also the center's director from 1994 to 1996. In 2004, on the occasion its 25th anniversary, the center organized the national seminar "25 Years of Feminism in Peru", analyzing the evolution of the feminist movement and creating a strategy for working to advance public policies.

Objectives

The organization develops strategies for research, training, advice, communication, legal and health services, as well as the dissemination of information. It conducts specialized training, in addition to promoting and participating in the formulation and negotiation of public policies to advance women's rights. Among the programs it has developed are the Feminist Studies and Debate Program, research on

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– in which the organization was a pioneer – the prevention of violence against women, and the empowerment of women in economic and political spaces. It also promotes the campaign to prevent, punish and eradicate political harassment against women.

International presence

* Consultative Status with the

(ECOSOC) * 28 September Campaign,

Awards and recognition

* 2021: Order Emeritus to the Women of the Bicentennial, awarded by the Peruvian government's

Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations The Ministry of Women and Vulnerable Populations (, MIMP) of Peru is the government ministry in charge of national policy in favor of women and vulnerable populations. Its headquarters is located in Lima, Peru. It is the only ministry in the coun ...

Notable people

María Emma Mannarelli María Emma Mannarelli Cavagnari (born October 11, 1954) is a Peruvian feminist writer, historian, and professor. She is the founder and coordinator of the Gender Studies Program at the National University of San Marcos (UNMSM), where she also se ...

, feminist writer, historian, professor, researcher

Selected publications

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References

External links

* {{Authority control Organizations established in 1979 1979 establishments in Peru Women's rights in Peru Women's rights organizations Feminist organizations in Peru