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Discusses how "Las Madres de Plaza de Mayo," a mothers' organization that emerged in Argentina in 1977 to demand official explanations for their missing children, was transformed into a symbol of resistance. The nature of Argentina's military regime is described, noting that Las Madres was the result of repressive conditions, & public dissent was forbidden when 14 women took their stand in downtown Buenos Aires. Although they had been socialized to be passive/obedient, these mothers refused to quietly accept the loss of their abducted children in the face of being ignored, ridiculed, & persecuted. Their persistence created a bond with women of all classes whose lives had been brutally disrupted when their children "vanished." Las Madres acquired a formal structure in 1979 & joined other organizations concerned with those who had "disappeared." It is maintained that gender was an empowering force in a nation where motherhood was glorified & women were exalted as domestic beings. In addition, a lack of political affiliations allowed the mothers to implement strategies that were new to Argentina, eg, the Thursday marches. 5 References. J. Lindroth

Discusses how "Las Madres de Plaza de Mayo," a mothers' organization that emerged in Argentina in 1977 to demand official explanations for their missing children, was transformed into a symbol of resistance. The nature of Argentina's military regime is described, noting that Las Madres was the result of repressive conditions, & public dissent was forbidden when 14 women took their stand in downtown Buenos Aires. Although they had been socialized to be passive/obedient, these mothers refused to quietly accept the loss of their abducted children in the face of being ignored, ridiculed, & persecuted. Their persistence created a bond with women of all classes whose lives had been brutally disrupted when their children "vanished." Las Madres acquired a formal structure in 1979 & joined other organizations concerned with those who had "disappeared." It is maintained that gender was an empowering force in a nation where motherhood was glorified & women were exalted as domestic beings. In addition, a lack of political affiliations allowed the mothers to implement strategies that were new to Argentina, eg, the Thursday marches. 5 References. J. Lindroth

La presencia, a través del tiempo, de mujeres que ejercieron diversas formas de liderazgo en los países de América Latina y el Caribe, hoy adquiere gran significado por su sentido de continuidad. Este hecho, sin embargo, ha sido pocas veces puesto de relieve por las historias oficiales. En este sentido, el artículo de Marysa Navarro constituye una puesta en valor de las pioneras que abrieron el camino.

Feminista y católica

Los derechos humanos de las mujeres

By the time Evita* died on 26 July 1952, she had become the source of two widely contradictory myths coexisting side by side as if their subject were two different persons. In one, she was the beloved saint who had sacrificed her life for the poor; in the other, the ambitiousparvenuewho used her power to satisfy her insatiable thirst for revenge.

Este artigo examina os Encontros Latino-Americanos e do Caribe como espaços críticos transnacionais onde se re-imagina a política dos feminismos na região. Enfocando o Oitavo desses Encontros, realizado em Juan Dolio, República Dominicana, em 1999, analisamos os principais debates politicos e filosóficos que surgiram durante 20 anos de Encontros: (1) mudanças nas concepções de 'autonomia' do movimento e na relação dos feminismos com o movimento de mulheres mais amplo e com outros atores na sociedade civil e política, o Estado e instituições internacionais; (2) controvérsias geradas pelas recorrentes crises de 'inclusão' e de 'expansão' do movimento; e (3) debates centrados nas diferenças, desigualdades e desequilíbrios de poder entre mulheres em geral e entre as feministas em particular.