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Organizing Care, Disputing the State: Women’s Collectives and the Fragmentation of Care in Peru

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No. 24 (2025): Diciembre
https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2025.82606
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Abstract

This paper analyzes the social organization of care in Peru from a feminist perspective, highlighting the absence of an articulated National Care System. Based on a documentary review and 19 interviews with women organized in community kitchens, “vaso de leche” programs, and PRONOEIs in Lima—as well as with legal, health, and education promoters—it shows how the State has implemented fragmented and targeted social programs that reproduce the sexual division of labor and shift caregiving responsibilities onto women. In response, women in the territories de facto articulate these programs, weaving community networks that sustain life without sufficient recognition or support. This not only reveals the limitations of the State’s targeted and assistentialist approach but also brings to the fore the urgent need for a comprehensive and universal care system.

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care , women’s organizing , social organization of care , Peru , feminist epistemology

Author Biography

Jazmin Goicochea Medina, FLACSO

Maestra en Ciencias Sociales por la Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO, México) y Socióloga por la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM, Perú).

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Goicochea Medina, J. . (2025). Organizing Care, Disputing the State: Women’s Collectives and the Fragmentation of Care in Peru. Revista Punto Género, (24), pp. 37–67. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2025.82606
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