Watch panel discussion on "Reproduction, Sexuality, and War: Reflections from Latin America"

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A discussion between Pascha Bueno-Hansen, Vanesa Giraldo Gärtner & Tatiana Sanchez Parra, chaired by Dr Julieta Chaparro-Buitrago, ReproSoc.

Panel description: This exciting panel discussion had reproduction and sexuality at its center to understand how they have animated recent political debates and transitions (Briggs, 2017) in Latin America. Looking at the pre-post conflict state (Theidon 2007) in Colombia and Peru, the participants in this round table reflected on the conflicting implications of reproduction and sexuality in transitional justice, the functioning of the law, and violence.

About the panelists: Pascha Bueno-Hansen is an Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Delaware, USA. The Spanish edition of first book, Feminist and Human Rights Struggles in Peru: Decolonizing Transitional Justice (2015), was published in 2020 by the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos. Her current book project Dissident Genders and Sexualities in the Andes: Transitional Justice Otherwise examines the modalities of resistance of people of non-normative genders and sexualities to armed conflict, political repression, and authoritarian regimes in Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. For more information, see: paschabuenohansen.com

Vanesa Giraldo Gärtner is a medical anthropologist with a primary area specialization in Colombia, and a research focus on reproductive politics—particularly in relation to armed conflict, peace transitions, rural reforms, and intercultural health. She is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the Department of Anthropology, an MPH from the National University of Colombia, and member of Red Salud-Paz.

Tatiana Sanchez Parra is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Social and Cultural Studies Pensar at Javeriana University in Colombia. Working at the intersection of feminist socio-legal studies, anthropology of violence, and medical anthropology, Tatiana’s research explores gender-based, sexual, and reproductive violence in contexts of war and political transitions. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Essex, where she also obtained a Masters in Human Rights. Prior to this, Tatiana completed a Masters in Social Anthropology at the University of Los Andes, Colombia.