{"id":7222,"date":"2025-04-22T15:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T22:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/?page_id=7222"},"modified":"2025-04-22T15:41:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T22:41:02","slug":"vanessa-belen-dorda-meneses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/profiles\/vanessa-belen-dorda-meneses\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanessa B\u00e9len Dorda Meneses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--scrolling-text-with-image \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--scrolling-text-with-image\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n\n          \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2023\/08\/Featured-Image_Vanessa-Belen-Dorda-Meneses_Announcement-768x1024.png\"\n          srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cagr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/108\/2023\/08\/Featured-Image_Vanessa-Belen-Dorda-Meneses_Announcement-768x1024.png 768w\"          sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Vanessa Bel\u00e9n Dorda Meneses poses for a picture, smiling, in front of a black and white backdrop.\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      \n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n  \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Research Fellow<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Vanessa B\u00e9len Dorda Meneses\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>2017 Genocide Prevention Research Fellow<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The first-ever recipient of the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research\u2019s Genocide Prevention Research Fellowship is Vanessa Bel\u00e9n\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dorda<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Meneses, a PhD candidate from the Complutense University of Madrid. T<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">he Genocide Prevention Research Fellowship asks for proposals that advance research on cultural and societal dynamics that precipitate or deter genocide.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In her studies and other work,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dorda<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Meneses focuses on researching and advocating for Latin American social justice, specifically for women and indigenous communities. During her stay at the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research, she analyzed testimonies in the Visual History Archive of indigenous women who suffered rape and sexual violence during the Guatemalan Genocide and the cultural, psychological and social impacts of such violence. She examined how rape was used as a weapon of war during the counterinsurgency policy and how racism was an adjunct to these violations. By using the Visual History Archive,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Dorda<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Meneses deepened her investigation into the daily and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">systematic practice of rape during the conflict and its true purpose as a way to dehumanize, humiliate and terrorize the Mayan population.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0Meneses intended for her research at the USC Shoah Foundation to contribute to her previous work with the NGO Team GUAM interviewing people who have participated in the defense of indigenous communities as part of the ongoing fight for justice in Guatemala. She hopes to demonstrate how the systematic practice of rape during the genocide will aid in the fight for the prevention, punishment and eradication of violence in Guatemala.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;335559739&quot;:300}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Her<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">recent<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">book<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">publication<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">i<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">nclude<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Cuerpos mancillados y sexualidad trucada: Violencia sexual a las mujeres mayas durante el conflicto armado en Guatemala\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">(2016)<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0and<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Tejiendo una memoria com\u00fan del conflicto armado en Guatemala<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0(2017).<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n          <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n            \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--articles-carousel \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--articles-carousel\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          News\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n                <\/div>\n  \n\n\n  \n  <div class=\"articles-carousel-wrapper\">\n\n  <div 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