Hay Festival Querétaro 2023 – Gender

In order to understand Un millón de cuartos propios (2025 Paidós Prize) by Tamara Tenenbaum, we must go back to mid-2022, when the Argentinean writer was asked to translate Virginia Woolf’s famous book, A Room of One’s Own. Against this background, she proposes a re-reading of the classic work in order to reflect on the current situation of women. Her view is that even a major landmark of feminism such as Woolf’s deserves an update, a hundred years after it was first published. In conversation with César Andrés García Sánchez.

Linda Kamau (Kenya) is a pioneer in the field of the inclusion of women in technology. As a co-founder of AkiraChix, she has trained hundreds of young people in programming, offering them tools to transform their lives and communities. She has been recognized by initiatives such as the Obama Foundation’s Leaders Africa programme, and is a member of the Segal Family Foundation. Her leadership has encouraged a generation of women who are transforming technology. In conversation with Enrique García Alcalá and Diana Hernández.

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Linda Kamau (Kenya) is a pioneer in the field of the inclusion of women in technology. As a co-founder of AkiraChix, she has trained hundreds of young people in programming, offering them tools to transform their lives and communities. She has been recognized by initiatives such as the Obama Foundation’s Leaders Africa programme, and is a member of the Segal Family Foundation. Her leadership has encouraged a generation of women who are transforming technology. In conversation with Andrea Rizzi.

Simultaneous translation from English to Spanish available

It is not enough to feel antiracist or feminist. Racism and sexism must be fought actively in our communities, in our homes, on the Internet. However, it is only right that we wonder when and how to do it. These are questions that are tackled by the feminist and antiracist activist Jumko Ogata (Mexico), who will explain to us how to take steps against these structural evils in our society. She is the author of the practical guide ¡Quiero ser antirracista! and she has contributed to the anthologies Tsunami 2 and Hermanas del ñame.

How can we stop being macho? The journalist Nacho Lozano has written Macho menos, aimed at those men who want to deconstruct themselves, in order to open the way to new masculinities. This is a book that also incorporates women’s voices in order to shed light on some of the more questionable aspects of men’s behaviour.

LSM Mexican sign language interpretation available

How can we stop being macho? The journalist Nacho Lozano has written Macho menos, aimed at those men who want to deconstruct themselves, in order to open the way to new masculinities. A book that, while still about listening to women, talks about the behaviour of men. In conversation with Israel Nieves.

Feminisms have taught us that there is not only way to love, just as love has not just one goal or way of working. Aura García-Junco (Mexico), Ángeles Romero (Mexico) and Tamara Tenenbaum (Argentina) reflect with Connie Garrido Sicilia on the many ways of creating emotions and living love.

In order to understand Un millón de cuartos propios (2025 Paidós Prize) by Tamara Tenenbaum, we must go back to mid-2022, when the Argentinean writer was asked to translate Virginia Woolf’s famous book, A Room of One’s Own. Against this background, she proposes a re-reading of the classic work in order to reflect on the current situation of women. Her view is that even a major landmark of feminism such as Woolf’s deserves an update, a hundred years after it was first published. In conversation with Jumko Ogata.