From Movements to Political Action: organized women in patriotic committees in Costa Rica in their struggle against CAFTA

From Movements to Political Action: organized women in patriotic committees in Costa Rica in their struggle against CAFTA

Authors

  • Roxana Morales Bonilla

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22458/rr.v1i2.168

Keywords:

Patriotic committees, women, inequalities, gender relations, identity

Abstract

This article summarizes part of the results of a research on the contemporary socio- cultural movements of women in Costa Rica—20th Century, in charge of the Center for Culture and Development Research (CICDE), between 2009 and 2011. In patriotic committees –political organization born in Costa Rica to fight against neo-capitalism—women play a protagonist role in the struggle for the survival of the social state. This article considers that globalization has implications and provokes significant changes in relation to gender relations. Some of these changes are evident in exclusion and inequality processes accentuated in the living conditions of women. New voices of women in these mixed groups are highlighted, as well as recent collective projects that denunciate social, economic, political and gender injustices.

Published

2012-01-01

How to Cite

Morales Bonilla, Roxana. 2012. “From Movements to Political Action: Organized Women in Patriotic Committees in Costa Rica in Their Struggle Against CAFTA”. Revista Rupturas 1 (2):190-215. https://doi.org/10.22458/rr.v1i2.168.

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