Redes feministas transnacionais na américa latina: a atuação da CLADEM e o ativismo jurídico em rede no caso Alyne Pimentel

Abstract

This paper seeks to understand the role played by the Transnational Feminist Network CLADEM (Latin American and Caribbean Committee for the Defense of Women's Rights) in the Global South. To analyze the network’s work in the defense of women’s human rights, the emblematic case Alyne Pimentel vs. Brasil is used, in which the CEDAW Committee (Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women) held Brazil accountable for the young woman’s death. Employing a qualitative approach, the study is grounded in feminist theory and aims to understand the strategies employed by transnational legal activism to hold states internationally accountable when they commit or are complicit in gender-based violence. The proposed study seeks to answer the following question: How do Transnational Feminist Networks act to curb state omission, which, in many cases, operates as an active agent in the perpetuation of gender-based oppression and violence, ensuring the fulfillment of women's human rights in Latin America? The research begins by elucidating the concept of Transnational Feminist Networks and their role in Latin America, and subsequently focuses on the CLADEM network, analyzing its litigation strategies and defining characteristics. Subsequently, concepts related to contemporary feminism, decolonial and Latin American feminism, as well as legal and digital activism, are examined in order to gain a deeper understanding of the forthcoming case study, achieving a detailed perspective on intersectional differences. The selection of Alyne Pimentel vs. Brasil case serves to analyze CLADEM and its impact at both international and national levels, through its involvement in an international process addressing the death of a young Black woman from the urban periphery — a case of preventable maternal mortality resulting from state neglect. Ultimately, the study concludes that the alignment between feminist movements, transnational networks, and international organizations has fostered the creation of a mechanism capable of producing critical analysis and promoting legal and social transformation, aimed at safeguarding women’s human rights.