Feminicidia and #NiUnaMenos: An analysis of twitter conversations during the first 3 years of the Argentinean movement

Study
Latin America and the Caribbean

Executive Summary

This article analyzes the Twitter conversations carrying the hashtag #NiUnaMenos produced in Argentina during the time of the marches in 2015, 2016, and 2017, by adopting a quali-quantitative method. After describing the origins of NiUnaMenos, we illustrate the mobilizing force of femicide in a context of technopolitical use of social media by women’s movements. Data analysis diachronically shows to what extent and in what terms conversations on NiUnaMenos refer to gender violence and femicide. The conclusions highlight the effective combination of femicide narrative, the Argentinean human rights tradition, and Twitter usages in transforming violence against women into a general civic matter.

Author(s)

Francesca Belotti
Francesca Comunello
Consuelo Corradi
As journalists and activists involved in the NUM initially associated femicide with the human rights discourse as a master frame, the keyword claimed to universality and, hence, gained resonance (García-Del Moral, 2015; Luengo, 2018), leveraging Argentina’s tradition of human rights activism and the ineffectiveness of the national regulatory anti-VAW framework.

 

 


 

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