In nineteen pages this paper considers the indigenous women of Latin America in a consideration of the various traditional and social factors that impact their human rights. Twelve sources are cited in the bibliography.
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around their native traditions and societal expectations, the influence on the Europeans who colonized Latin America, globalization, and the rampant development of their homelands in a manner which degrades traditional
land rights and serves to further adversely affect the rights of indigenous women. Bibliography lists 12 sources. wmnLat.rtf The Indigenous Women of Latin
America: Factors Impacting Human Rights by - 7 Nov 2001 paper properly!
The indigenous women of Latin America have been suppressed by a number of societal factors. These factors
revolve both around their native traditions and societal expectations, the influence on the Europeans who colonized Latin America, globalization, and the rampant development of their homelands in a manner which
degrades traditional land rights and serves to further adversely affect the rights of indigenous women. Indeed, the indigenous women of Latin America like women in general, have been historically
suppressed by Western Civilization. While, admittedly, there is an observable difference in gender roles between the male and female in the
more ancient components of indigenous society, these differences were justifiable in terms of the differences in physical makeup between women and men and the requirements of their environment. While
there were differences, perhaps even differences in the hierarchical order of these times, they were differences which completely understandable given the circumstances. In the historical aspects of western civilization,
however, the differences which have existed between women and men in regard to their societal roles have not been justifiable for centuries. Never-the-less, the indigenous women of Latin America