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The construction of a true democracy entails the full realization of women['s rights] and their creative participation in all spheres of national life. This is a fundamental principle in the societal project for which the FMLN is fighting. We have a commitment: to win equal rights for women, [and] to overcome their marginalization and oppression in Salvadoran society. —Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), Carta de principios y objetivos

It is argued that 1994 optimism over the democratic transition in El Salvador was premature, given that women's rights have not been fully realized. Per statistical data, women had an important role in the Salvadoran guerilla movement, 1979-1992, but were demobilized & given little attention in the peace accords. Interviews with leaders of 3 women's movements indicate that instances of discrimination & sexism in the mid-1990s were corrected because of the vocal women's movements in the FMLN (Farabundo Marti National Liberation Movement) & political party agreement that women were a political asset. The formal participation of women in the FMLN party & leadership is evaluated. The Women's Secretariat in the FMLN has played a role in promoting substantive gender equality, but there is still much more to be done. 7 Tables, 30 References. M. Pflum

En este artículo, el autor examina el problema de género tal como éste es enfrentado por el FSLN, en Nicaragua, y el FMLN en El Salvador. El trabajo se apoya en dos conceptos claves: el de género --entendido como la forma en que el sexo y la sexualidad se convierten en relaciones de poder en la sociedad-, y el de igualdad -que tiene tanto una dimensión formal como sustancial. Una de sus conclusiones más relevantes es que en el examen de las experiencias políticas de la izquierda salvadoreña y nicaragüense, es preciso discernir entre los avances positivos en términos de igualdad formal, y una reformulación fundamental de las relaciones tradicionales de género, condición previa para la realización de una igualdad sustantiva.
ECA Estudios Centroamericanos, Vol. 53, No. 597-598, 1998: 619-641.

Se examina hasta que punto las mujeres han tenido exito en cambiar las relaciones de genero hacia una igualdad substancial dentro de la izquierda revolucionaria en Nicaragua y en El Salvador. (Pensam Propio/DÜI)

Cuando una mujer llega a la políticacambia la mujer;pero…cuando las mujeres llegan a la políticacambia la política."Poder feminino," FMLN election pamphletThe long-drawn-out military conflicts in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Guatemala have finally ended. Following the demobilization of the Nicaraguan resistance in 1990, the Salvadoran and Guatemalan guerrilla forces signed peace accords in 1992 (El Salvador) and 1996 (Guatemala) with their respective governments. In the wake of these agreements, Central America presents a new reality. The focus has shifted from war strategies to the consolidation of emerging democratic structures. The revolutionary Left, one of the main protagonists in the conflict that ravaged the region during the 1980s, now confronts a new challenge: it must demonstrate to its supporters and the general public that it indeed presents a viable political alternative.

Examines women's success at changing gender relations within the revolutionary Left, and moving toward strong participation in emerging democratic political structures; focuses on representation of women in political parties, candidate lists for public office, and Legislative Assembly; since 1980, chiefly. Some focus on the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN), the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), and on the 1996 Nicaraguan and 1997 Salvadoran parliamentary elections.

Following the Sandinista victory in 1979, a heated debate concerning "democracy" in the Nicaraguan revolution has galvanized the American political scene. The debate has been characterized by its polemical content and the empty rhetoric of key participants rather than informed discussion. This article seeks to provide factual information by analyzing the impact of the Sandinista revolutionary project on the Nicaraguan countryside

Strategy of the revolutionary government in the areas of education and health.