Norma Vasallo Barrueta
Norma Vasallo Barrueta (sometimes Norma Vasallo) is a Cuban feminist researcher and academic, and the head of the Women's Department of the University of Havana.
Education
She has a bachelor's degree in psychology, a master's degree in applied social studies, and a PhD in psychology from the University of Havana.[1]
Career
Vassallo is the head of the Women's Department of the University of Havana and a founder of its Women's Studies Group.[2][1] At the University of Havana she leads research on the gender aspects of criminology, social sciences, and HIV/AIDS; she has been the president of the Women's Chair since 1998.[1][3] From 1997 to 2002, she led a collaboration between the University of Havana and Carleton University in Canada.[1]
She is featured in the 2019 documentary En busca de un espacio by Marilyn Solaya[4] and appeared on the Cubavisión television program Cosas de Hombres.[5]
In 2021, she was a recipient of the 60th Anniversary seal of the Federation of Cuban Women presented by Luis Antonio Torres Iríbar and Reinaldo García Zapata.[6]
Selected publications
- (Book chapter) An Approach to Cuban Feminist Ideas and Objectives: Echoes from the Past, Voices from the Present, Feminist Philosophy in Latin America and Spain https://doi.org/10.1163/9789401204439_003[1]
- The economic crisis and women. In memories VIII International Workshop Women in the XXI Century. ISBN 978-959-7074-92-2[1]
- In Anthology of contemporary Cuban critical thought within the Collection Anthologies of Latin American and Caribbean Social Thought. ISBN 978-987-722-126-8[1]
References
- "NORMA VASALLO BARRUETA – Directorio Redsemlac Cuba". directoriogenero.redsemlac-cuba.net. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- Shayne, Julie (12 August 2020). "The Enduring Struggle: Findings from the History of Women's and Gender Studies in the Global South".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - Noticias, Agencia Cubana de. "Mujer, género y envejecimiento: novedades a tratar en el Congreso Universidad 2020 (+Fotos)". ACN (in European Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- "New Documentary Revives the Legacy of Cuban Feminists". Havana Times. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- Tribuna. "En "Cosas de Hombres": el Feminismo". www.tribuna.cu (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- Tribuna. "Entregan sello 60 Aniversario de la FMC a personalidades de la Universidad de La Habana". www.tribuna.cu (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 April 2022.