Norma Vasallo Barrueta Explained

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.

Career

Vassallo is the head of the Women's Department of the University of Havana and a founder of its Women's Studies Group.^{[1] [2]} 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.^[3] From 1997 to 2002, she led a collaboration between the University of Havana and Carleton University in Canada.

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
• The economic crisis and women. In memories VIII International Workshop Women in the XXI Century. ISBN 978-959-7074-92-2
• In Anthology of contemporary Cuban critical thought within the Collection Anthologies of Latin American and Caribbean Social Thought. ISBN 978-987-722-126-8

Notes and References

1. Shayne . Julie . 2020-08-12 . The Enduring Struggle: Findings from the History of Women's and Gender Studies in the Global South . en.
2. Web site: NORMA VASALLO BARRUETA – Directorio Redsemlac Cuba . 2022-04-03 . directoriogenero.redsemlac-cuba.net.
3. Web site: Noticias . Agencia Cubana de . Mujer, género y envejecimiento: novedades a tratar en el Congreso Universidad 2020 (+Fotos) . 2022-04-03 . ACN . es-es.
4. Web site: 2019-06-30 . New Documentary Revives the Legacy of Cuban Feminists . 2022-04-03 . Havana Times . en-US.
5. Web site: Tribuna . En "Cosas de Hombres": el Feminismo . 2022-04-03 . www.tribuna.cu . es.
6. Web site: Tribuna . Entregan sello 60 Aniversario de la FMC a personalidades de la Universidad de La Habana . 2022-04-03 . www.tribuna.cu . es.