Pia Riggirozzi
My research interests relate to the theory and practice of international political economy, with a particular focus on regional integration, governance and governance for development. I have a regional interest in the political economy of the Americas. My work looks at the various agreements, dynamics and constellations of actors, interests and power resources that define national and regional governance arrangements in Latin America
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Dr Pía Riggirozzi analyses regional health diplomacy in South America, and argues that regional organizations can become sites for collective action and pivotal actors in the advocacy of rights to health.
The economic crisis is inflaming a longstanding “economic war” between the government and the business sector – and a dangerous cycle of protest and repression is further polarising Venezuela’s already divided society.
In this scenario, violence of all sorts is approaching what could be a point of no return. The very ability of democracy to combine forces of transformation and resistance is at stake.
The crisis in Venezuela has also taken centre stage in regional organisations. The Union of South American Nations and the Organisation of American States are gravely concerned with the weakness of Venezuela’s democratic institutions, its culture of impunity, and the criminalisation of dissent. But they’re overlooking one of the biggest tragedies of the crisis: the crumbling of Venezuela’s health and welfare systems, which not long ago were beacons of hope. This collapse is truly dangerous and is affecting Venezuela’s women particularly badly.
not limited to—the north and the rest
of the hemisphere and the emergence of
new regional organizations have focused
attention on the role and purpose of the
66-year-old Organization of American
States (oas). This discussion comes as the
10-year term of the much-criticized Secretary General
José Miguel Insulza draws to an end. Under his
watch, the oas leadership has failed to raise its voice
against a number of assaults on the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights (iachr), and played
a decreasing role in election observation. Similarly,
the organization now has a diminished presence in
matters concerning the defense of democracy, leading
some to argue that the oas Inter-American Democratic
Charter (iadc), which committed member
states to the protection and defense of the checks
and balances of representative democracy, has become
a dead letter. At the same time, a number of
criticisms of the organization’s management under
Insulza have surfaced.
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critically treated empirical evidence of what defines governance in South America.
With a focus on both the theoretical underpinnings of governance and key contemporary debates, this Handbook will be relevant for many disciplines, including comparative politics, development and regional studies and international political economy.
Situaciones de desplazamiento masivo de este tipo plantean tres puntos importantes, y que estructuran el aná- lisis de este capítulo. En primer lugar, los desafíos específi- cos de género que enfrentan las mujeres y las niñas durante el desplazamiento determinan una dimensión de género de la migración forzada.
Baseado nas fotografias e depoimentos de mulheres migrantes venezuelanas no Brasil, ‘Seguir Adiante / Salir Adelante’ oferece uma visão sincera e impactante sobre as experiências vividas por mulheres migrantes. O fotolivro analisa especificamente os desafios por elas enfrentados, suas vulnerabilidades e sua dedicação inabalável a suas famílias e comunidades frente às adversidades que vivenciam através de três temas chave: cuidado e autocuidado, violência de gênero e barreiras de acesso a serviços de saúde sexual e reprodutiva. Com base nisto, ‘Seguir Adiante / Salir Adelante’ chama a atenção para as falhas dos programas projetados para proteger mulheres e meninas migrantes, bem como para a necessidade de criar políticas receptivas, de gênero, e culturalmente sensíveis. ‘Seguir Adiante / Salir Adelante’ é um livro para pessoas comprometidas com os direitos das mulheres, com sua saúde sexual e reprodutiva e com a experiência marcada pelo gênero nos corredores de migração Sul-Sul. É tanto um livro para o público em geral, quanto para os estudantes, formuladores de políticas, e servidores públicos.
Focusing on the flight of women and girls from Venezuela, this book examines the gendered nature of forced displacement and the ways in which the failures of protection regimes to be sensitive to displacement’s gendered character affect women and girls, and their sexual and reproductive health.
Highlighting how categorical legal distinctions between ‘refugees’ and ‘migrants’ fail to capture the dynamics of forced migration in Latin America, it investigates how the operation of this categorical divide generates responsibility and protection gaps in relation to female forced migrants which act as determinants of sexual and reproductive health. Drawing on the voices of displaced women, it argues that a robust political ethics of protection of the forcibly displaced must encompass all necessary fleers and be responsive to the gendered character of forced displacement and particularly to effective access to sexual and reproductive health rights.