Ilse Abshagen Leitinger was internship coordinator and research supervisor at the Institute for Central American Development Studies and a founding member of the Latin American Institute of Feminist Research, both in San Jose, Costa Rica. She now lives i
The power of this reader lies in its immediacy and directness: the
dramatis personae are speaking their minds, with considerable
clarity.-- "H-Net Reviews"
Thirty-four short essays, translated by the editor, provide
perspectives on the women's movement and feminism in Costa Rica
during the early 1990s [focusing on] various theoretical positions
informing the women's movement in Costa Rica; women in Costa Rican
history; the legal status of women; aspects of discrimination . . .
as well as violence against women in the family; women's
organizations; feminsim in the arts; and the evolving status of
women's studies.-- "Journal of Economic Literature"
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