Argentina: Social Movements and Human Rights

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Gain firsthand knowledge about diverse social movements and the struggle for human rights in Argentina.

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 Argentina is a country renowned for heroic efforts against impunity, economic disenfranchisement, and social exclusion. 

History here encompasses the diverse immigrant organization of the late 1800s, Peron’s populist movement, and the late twentieth-century military regime in which tens of thousands lost their lives. Since the country’s recent economic crisis, a variety of social movements have worked toward creating new means of achieving economic advancement along with social justice.

The vibrant capital city of Buenos Aires, home to many Argentine activist groups and human rights organizations, serves as program headquarters. Students travel throughout the nation, visiting social activists, local scholars, indigenous leaders, environmental advocates, rural organizers, and others who share their struggles, hopes, and dreams for their community, nation, and world.

Lecturers are drawn from institutions such as:

• University of Buenos Aires
• National University of Salta

Program alum Ellen Song (Williams College) has been awarded funding through the Davis Projects for Peace to return to Argentina to set up a literacy project for young women in two slums of Buenos Aires. Ellen studied on the Argentina: Social Movements and Human Rights program in the fall of 2009.  Learn how Ellen aims to use the experience and networks she acquired studying with SIT to successfully complete her project:

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