Marcela Lagarde Y Los De Ríos

About the Author

Marcela Lagarde y de los Ríos is a prominent Mexican feminist anthropologist, scholar, author, and public intellectual whose work examines gender, power, identity, and the conditions shaping women’s lives. Through academic research, political engagement, and cultural criticism, she has helped advance feminist theory and human-rights discourse across Latin America and beyond. Her writing connects rigorous analysis with an accessible, socially engaged perspective, inviting readers to question inherited structures and imagine more democratic forms of coexistence. She is the author of Género y feminismo: Desarrollo humano y democracia (Spanish Edition), a significant contribution to discussions of gender, development, and democracy.