# Principios legales versus discriminación de género. El caso de las 17/Legal Principles Versus Gender Discrimination: The Case of Las 17 (El Faro, 11/17/2014) "[Principios legales versus discriminación de género. El caso de las 17](http://www.elfaro.net/es/201411/academico/16241/Principios-legales-versus-discriminaci%C3%B3n-de-g%C3%A9nero-El-caso-de-las-17.htm)," ("Legal Principles Versus Gender Discrimination: The Case of Las 17"), a Spanish-language article co-authored with José Santos Guardado for the Salvadoran newspaper *El Faro*, 11/17/2014) ## Viterna in the News [### JOCELYN VITERNA ](/jocelyn-viterna) Jocelyn Viterna is Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. Her current research examines how the passage of anti-abortion legislation in El Salvador transformed the Salvadoran legal, judicial, and medical systems, with powerful and negative... description [### SOCIOL 1000: Introduction to Sociology ](/sociol-1000-introduction-sociology) Spring 2025 This course introduces students to the complicated, conflictual, and often contradictory theoretical origins of sociology as a discipline. We begin by reading the standard sociological “canon”—Marx, Weber, and Durkheim—and interrogating why... description [### SOCIOL 3316: Politics and Social Change ](/sociol-3316-politics-and-social-change) Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 The Politics and Social Change Workshop promotes the development of a community of scholars interested in how power relations shape social patterns in societies around the world. We define ‘politics’ broadly to include everything... description ## **JOCELYN VITERNA** ### Professor of Sociology, Chair of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Harvard University ![Viterna headshot 2023](/sites/g/files/omnuum1826/files/viterna/files/head_shot_jan_2023_0.jpeg) ## Contact Prof. Viterna [jviterna@wjh.harvard.edu](mailto:///jviterna@wjh.harvard.edu) [Office Hours Sign-up](https://calendly.com/viternastudents/officehours) [Department of Sociology](http://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/) 33 Kirkland Street William James Hall 480 Cambridge, MA 02138 Faculty Assistant: [Sandra Llewellyn](https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/people/sandra-llewellyn)