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Cooking, Organizing, and Resisting: Women and Reproductive Labor in Community Kitchens During COVID-19 in the Peruvian Context

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No. 23 (2025): Junio
https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2025.79608
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Abstract

This study explores women's representations of reproductive labor and their role in community participation within the Olla Común Nueva Esperanza de los Jardines during the COVID-19 pandemic. Using a qualitative methodology based on semi-structured interviews, it examines participants' narratives regarding the collectivization of care work, community leadership, and responses to food insecurity. The findings reveal that communal kitchens have served not only as a survival strategy but also as spaces of political agency, where women play a central role in social organization. However, their sustainability is challenged by the lack of state support and scarce resources. This study contributes to the understanding of reproductive labor as a fundamental dimension of community-based political action.

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reproductive labor, community participation, communal kitchens, women's leadership

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Jhassury Nallel Viera Noriega, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

Estudiante de Ciencia Política de la UNMSM. Miembro del Centro de Investigación en Estudios de Género y Política

Marco Francesco Lozano Novella, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos

Estudiante de Ciencia Política de la UNMSM. Miembro del Taller de investigación Gobernabilidad y Democracia

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Viera Noriega, J. N. ., & Lozano Novella, M. F. . (2025). Cooking, Organizing, and Resisting: Women and Reproductive Labor in Community Kitchens During COVID-19 in the Peruvian Context. Revista Punto Género, (23), pp. 374–407. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2025.79608
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