Academic feminism in Mexico. Emergence and current challenges (GAMU women)

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15517/mzcf0h58

Keywords:

women’s liberation movement, women, gender, teachers, higher education

Abstract

The objective of this study is to make visible and analyze the personal, academic and institutional experience of academic women from Mexico, pioneers of the academic feminist movement, promoters and participants of the first Autonomous Group of University Women GAMU and the first Center for Women’s Studies CEM through of interviews and their narrative analysis. The results show the main achievements of GAMU and CEM: the generation of seminars, writings and collection of texts on topics related to violence against women, the beginning of complaints against harassing academics, the first march against violence in the university, as well as the fight for women’s rights inside and outside the classrooms. 

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Author Biography

  • María Luisa Morales Bautista, Facultad de Psicología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México (CDMX), México.

    Mexican. PhD in Psychology. Master's degree in Teaching for Upper Secondary Education in Social Sciences. Bachelor's degree in Psychology. Currently works as an academic at the Faculty of Psychology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Co-author of several articles, including "Mexican Women in a Pandemic: An Analysis of Their Identity Backgrounds from a Gender Perspective Through Photovoice Projects" (2024). Her research interests include: gender perspective in education, feminisms, narrative research, violence in adolescent dating relationships, narrative devices in education, critical thinking, and teacher training.

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Published

2025-12-15

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No. 189 (2025): Mobilities, belonging and territory (July-September, 2025)

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Academic feminism in Mexico. Emergence and current challenges (GAMU women). (2025). Revista De Ciencias Sociales, 189, 65-82. https://doi.org/10.15517/mzcf0h58