{"id":4777,"date":"2022-02-25T18:58:15","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T23:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/news-and-stories\/black-feminist-leadership\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T18:12:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T22:12:58","slug":"black-feminist-leadership","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/es\/news-and-stories\/black-feminist-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"El liderazgo feminista negro est\u00e1 cambiando Am\u00e9rica Latina y el Caribe"},"template":"","class_list":["post-4777","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-news","article_format-news","issue_tax-gender-equity","issue_legacy-gender-justice","location-latin-america"],"acf":{"details":{"":null,"article_type":26,"article_format":171,"authors":"","add_button":false,"button_type":"link","button":"","download":"","download_button_text":"","featured_image":3701},"sidebar":{"issues":{"title":"Cuestiones prioritarias","issues":[104]},"locations":{"title":"Ubicaci\u00f3n","locations":[161]},"partners":{"title":"Socios","partners":""}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_hero_article","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_hero_article":{"":null,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"&nbsp;\n\nFebrero es el Mes de la Historia Negra y lo celebramos reconociendo a las mujeres negras l\u00edderes que trabajan con nuestras organizaciones asociadas en toda la regi\u00f3n. Est\u00e1n cambiando la vida de las mujeres, las ni\u00f1as y las personas de g\u00e9nero diverso en pa\u00edses como M\u00e9xico, Honduras, Venezuela y Brasil, y sus historias te inspirar\u00e1n:\n<h1>Nedelka Lacayo<\/h1>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mujeresafro.org\/\">Red de Mujeres Afro-latinoamericanas, Afrocaribe\u00f1as y de la Di\u00e1spora<\/a> (Honduras)<\/h2>\nLa Red de Mujeres Afro-Latinoamericanas, Afro-Caribe\u00f1as y de la Di\u00e1spora (RMAAD) cuenta con miembros de casi todos los pa\u00edses de la regi\u00f3n. Nedelka es una de ellas. Vive en Tegucigalpa, capital de Honduras, donde trabaja para promover y defender los derechos de las mujeres negras. Una de las cosas que m\u00e1s disfruta Nedelka es facilitar procesos de fortalecimiento de capacidades con mujeres j\u00f3venes y ni\u00f1as en materia de derechos humanos y incidencia pol\u00edtica.\n<blockquote>\u201cEl liderazgo de las mujeres negras es crucial porque solo cuando estamos empoderadas y sensibilizadas dejamos nuestra huella para las generaciones futuras. Debemos comprender que el machismo, el racismo y otras formas de discriminaci\u00f3n tienen un impacto en nuestras vidas, incluidas nuestras decisiones sexuales y reproductivas. Si no hacemos nada para combatir esas actitudes, nuestras vidas pueden ser miserables porque, adem\u00e1s de esos problemas, las mujeres negras somos m\u00e1s propensas a vivir en la pobreza y sufrir abusos por parte del gobierno.\n\n&nbsp;<\/blockquote>\n<h1>Fernanda Viana Araujo<\/h1>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redesdamare.org.br\/\">Redes de la Mar\u00e9<\/a> (Brasil)<\/h2>\nDurante los \u00faltimos 20 a\u00f1os, Fernanda y su comunidad en Mar\u00e9, R\u00edo de Janeiro, <i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">favela<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> ha promovido la integraci\u00f3n social entre los residentes de la zona, estrategias de salud que incluyen servicios sexuales y reproductivos, y la defensa de los derechos humanos. Naci\u00f3 y se cri\u00f3 en la <em>favela<\/em> donde a\u00fan vive con sus tres hijos. Fernanda supervisa el <strong>Acceso a la justicia<\/strong> programa de Redes, pero cuando comenz\u00f3 la pandemia de COVID-19 en 2020, ella y sus colegas cambiaron su enfoque para apoyar a los m\u00e1s vulnerables de su comunidad, llevando alimentos y organizando brigadas sanitarias para facilitar el acceso a la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica y a los suministros b\u00e1sicos a los residentes m\u00e1s afectados de la favela. Sus dos hijos adolescentes ya participan junto a ella en actividades para mejorar su comunidad, lo que la llena de orgullo.<\/span>\n<blockquote>\"My whole life has been permeated by a care network, which has supported my survival in many moments. Having this support network is very important for the residents of the favela, but when this network is also weakened, who helps you? Unfortunately, not the State, which should have done it. It was us, who did it with a lot of good will when the COVID19 pandemic hit the hardest\u201d\n\n&nbsp;<\/blockquote>\n<h1>Dhyada Zuleima Herrera Morga<\/h1>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.manovuelta.org\/\">Mano Vuelta<\/a> (M\u00e9xico)<\/h2>\nMano Vuelta es una organizaci\u00f3n feminista con sede en Oaxaca, uno de los estados con mayor diversidad \u00e9tnica de M\u00e9xico. La directora ejecutiva de la organizaci\u00f3n, Dhyada Zuleima, se identifica como afromexicana, una identidad que solo recientemente ha obtenido reconocimiento en el censo de M\u00e9xico. Ha puesto en marcha proyectos que promueven el empoderamiento y la participaci\u00f3n pol\u00edtica de las mujeres y ni\u00f1as de las comunidades ind\u00edgenas y africanas en una regi\u00f3n donde el machismo, la falta de oportunidades educativas y la pobreza dejan un espacio limitado para la participaci\u00f3n de las mujeres en la vida p\u00fablica.\n<blockquote>\u201cNac\u00ed y crec\u00ed cerca de la costa de Oaxaca. Luego me fui para seguir estudiando. Una vez que termin\u00e9, regres\u00e9 a mi comunidad de origen para acompa\u00f1ar un proceso de fortalecimiento comunitario con mujeres y ni\u00f1as ind\u00edgenas y afromexicanas. Ha sido un gran reto, pero cuando lo haces con un gran equipo, el camino es c\u00e1lido y amoroso\u201d.\u201d\n\n&nbsp;<\/blockquote>\n<h1>Glendys Blanco<\/h1>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plafam.org.ve\/\">PLAFAM<\/a> (Venezuela)<\/h2>\nGlendys vive en Cur\u00edepe, un municipio cercano a la costa atl\u00e1ntica, rodeado de \u00e1rboles de cacao y ritmos africanos. Una vez que Glendys se gradu\u00f3 de la universidad en Caracas, realiz\u00f3 una pasant\u00eda en PLAFAM, donde se convirti\u00f3 en experta en salud y derechos sexuales y reproductivos. Glendys ahora forma parte de un grupo de promotoras de salud reproductiva y consejeras para v\u00edctimas de violencia de g\u00e9nero. Venezuela ha sufrido una crisis humanitaria que dura ya varios a\u00f1os y que ha impedido a las mujeres acceder incluso a los servicios de salud m\u00e1s b\u00e1sicos. Glendys y otros consejeros de PLAFAM ayudan a cientos de mujeres a encontrar lugares donde pueden recibir la atenci\u00f3n y el apoyo que necesitan.\n<blockquote>\u201cLas mujeres negras tienen oportunidades muy limitadas en la vida debido a todos los prejuicios arraigados en las creencias de las personas por el racismo, incluso en lugares donde la mayor\u00eda de la poblaci\u00f3n es afrodescendiente. Las mujeres venezolanas no pueden ejercer sus derechos sexuales y reproductivos, pero las venezolanas negras se enfrentan a a\u00fan m\u00e1s retos en el contexto de la crisis. Necesitamos crear sociedades que respeten las diferencias raciales y culturales. Debemos trabajar para garantizar la uni\u00f3n y el aprecio por la diversidad\u201d.\u201d<\/blockquote>","":null,"anchor_id":""}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Black feminist leadership is changing Latin America and the Caribbean - F\u00f2s Feminista<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"They\u2019re changing the lives of women, girls, and gender-diverse people in Latin America and the Caribbean, and their stories will inspire you.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/es\/news-and-stories\/black-feminist-leadership\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Black feminist leadership is changing Latin America and the Caribbean - F\u00f2s Feminista\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"They\u2019re changing the lives of women, girls, and gender-diverse people in Latin America and the Caribbean, and their stories will inspire you.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/es\/news-and-stories\/black-feminist-leadership\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"F\u00f2s Feminista\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-19T22:12:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/BlackHistoryMonthWebsiteImage.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fosfeminista.org\\\/fr\\\/news-and-stories\\\/black-feminist-leadership\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fosfeminista.org\\\/fr\\\/news-and-stories\\\/black-feminist-leadership\\\/\",\"name\":\"Black feminist leadership is changing Latin America and the Caribbean - F\u00f2s Feminista\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fosfeminista.org\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fosfeminista.org\\\/fr\\\/news-and-stories\\\/black-feminist-leadership\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fosfeminista.org\\\/fr\\\/news-and-stories\\\/black-feminist-leadership\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fosfeminista.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/BlackHistoryMonthWebsiteImage.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-25T23:58:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-19T22:12:58+00:00\",\"description\":\"They\u2019re changing the lives of women, girls, and gender-diverse people in Latin America and the Caribbean, and their stories will inspire you.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fosfeminista.org\\\/fr\\\/news-and-stories\\\/black-feminist-leadership\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/fosfeminista.org\\\/fr\\\/news-and-stories\\\/black-feminist-leadership\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"es\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fosfeminista.org\\\/fr\\\/news-and-stories\\\/black-feminist-leadership\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fosfeminista.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/BlackHistoryMonthWebsiteImage.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/fosfeminista.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/02\\\/BlackHistoryMonthWebsiteImage.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080,\"caption\":\"Young Afro-descendant feminists are leading agents of change in countries across Latin America. 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