Interview with professor Victoria Kandel: Human Rights Education in latin america - gender, democracy, and curriculum disputes

Abstract

The interview with Professor Victoria Kandel, a faculty researcher at the National University of Lanús (Argentina) and current president of the Latin American and Caribbean Network for Human Rights Education, offers a critical reflection on the challenges and tensions affecting human rights education processes in the region. Drawing from her academic and activist experience, Kandel discusses curricular disputes, the incorporation of a gender perspective in legal education, and the strategic role of schools and universities in defending democracy against the advance of neoliberal and anti-rights discourses. The dialogue also addresses the impacts of structural inequalities on teacher training, resistance to inclusion, and the urgent need to build pedagogical practices committed to social justice, equity, and the democratic transformation of educational systems. The interview invites a deep reflection on the inherent challenges of Human Rights Education in Latin America, especially within the school context, marked by tensions surrounding gender, democratic consolidation, and the curriculum as a site of power and a stage for resistance.