Includes bibliographical references and index.

A social history of the women's movement in Guatemala and Nicaragua -- Social movement spillover and organizational learning in the post-conflict women's movement -- Is there a real women's movement? : cooperation, fragmentation and divisions in the movement -- Shifting paradigms : womanhood as a political strategy -- Part II. Complementary approaches to women's empowerment -- Revisiting mainstream feminist approaches : a new framework for feminist activism -- Indigenous feminism and its experience-based approach to women's empowerment -- The socio-political value of an experience-based approach : rethinking strategies of collective action -- Conclusion: new perspectives for female mobilization -- Appendix: alphabetical overview of interviewees.

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