Manual de Educación Popular feminista

The manual outlines a pedagogical approach to feminist popular education, combining theoretical frameworks on intersectionality and ecofeminism with practical workshop techniques. It argues that patriarchy, capitalism, and colonialism are interconnected systems of oppression that exploit both women's bodies and the natural environment. The document provides detailed instructions for organizing inclusive workshops, including specific exercises to analyze the sexual division of labor, structural violence against women, and the socio-environmental impacts of extractivism on territories.

• The document defines patriarchy as a systemic structure that oppresses and exploits women, their labor, and their bodies for the benefit of men as a social group.
• The sexual division of labor is identified as the material basis of women's oppression, creating a hierarchy where 'masculine' public and remunerated work is valued over 'feminine' private, unpaid domestic and care work.
• The manual adopts an intersectional perspective, stating that patriarchy is entwined with and reinforced by capitalism, racism, class oppression, neocolonialism, and heteronormativity.
• From an ecofeminist perspective, the document argues that the exploitation of nature and the subordination of women are two sides of the same coin, both driven by a logic of domination and capital accumulation.
• Violence against women is described not as an individual act of brutality, but as a political tool of control used to maintain patriarchal power relations and hinder the struggle for equality.
• The guide emphasizes that women's roles as primary sustainers and caregivers of life are not genetic but are imposed by the patriarchal system through the sexual division of labor, making them particularly vulnerable to the impacts of extractivism.
• Inclusive workshops should prioritize 'sentipensares' (feeling/thinking), horizontal dialogue, and the use of 'mística'—rituals that foster trust, unity, and political identity.
• The manual proposes specific pedagogical techniques to visualize oppression, such as the '24 hours in the life of women and men' clock to expose the invisibility of care work.

APA

Molina, J., & Cornils, P. (2020). Manual de Educación Popular feminista. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Amigos-de-la-tierra-internacional_Educacion-popular-feminista_Sembrar-justicia-de-genero_ES.pdf

Chicago

Molina, Johanna, and Patrícia Cornils. Manual de Educación Popular feminista. Friends of the Earth International, 2020. https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Amigos-de-la-tierra-internacional_Educacion-popular-feminista_Sembrar-justicia-de-genero_ES.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{molina2020manual, author = {Molina, Johanna and Cornils, Patrícia}, title = {{Manual de Educación Popular feminista}}, institution = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2020}, month = dec, url = {https://www.foei.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Amigos-de-la-tierra-internacional_Educacion-popular-feminista_Sembrar-justicia-de-genero_ES.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }