Civil society and exclusion in Ciudad Juárez. Considerations from women associations

Abstract

Considering the proposal of civil society from the perspective of cultural sociology proposed by Jeffrey Alexander, this essay refers to the analysis of discourse by which the associations of women in Ciudad Juárez identify the forms of exclusion placing them in a category of the profane based on its public action, and the way in which these processes discursively sacralize inclusion of women in civil society. From a series of interviews with a group of activists from three civil associations the discursive elements that provide an overview of its action and vision, as part of the social movement and demand struggling against violence and the exclusion of women in the civil sphere, are recognized. Despite the intrusion of the private sphere in shaping civil society, rights-based discourse and organizational capacity of the movement has allowed gradual stepping on the inclusion of the minority group.