For the last several decades, a global ideological struggle has been taking place between organizations and institutions that promote women’s rights and a parallel countermovement of conservative and religious groups defending so-called “family values”. The recent political struggle over gender-violence law in Nicaragua is a microcosm of these dynamics. In 2012, the Nicaraguan government passed its most comprehensive law on gender-based violence to date (Ley 779). However, following a backlash by local conservative religious groups, many of the law’s major provisions were substantially weakened. This article analyzes how President Daniel Ortega’s initial support for Ley 779 was undone by the conservative outcry against it. The author argues...
Esta contribución analiza los debates de la militancia feminista nicaragüense, ocurridos durante el ...
Scholars have argued that institutional inequities and control over resources are linked to gender-b...
This article contains reflections on gender violence against women in Mexico, Spain and Guatemala an...
For the last several decades, a global ideological struggle has been taking place between organizati...
This article forms part of an inquiry about the reach of legislative changes initiated by Law 779 in...
Este artículo forma parte de una investigación sobre los cambios legislativos iniciados por la Ley...
La meta de este artículo es examinar la relación entre religión y política en Nicaragua con especial...
International audienceThis article analyzes Nicaragua as a case study for exploring the ways in whic...
The struggle between the state on one hand, and democracy and society on the other, reflects the ong...
International audienceOn March 2, 1998, Zoilamérica Narváez publicly denounced Daniel Ortega, her ad...
Drawing on ten months of ethnographic fieldwork, in-depth interviews, and secondary sources, this di...
The gender mainstreaming was incorporated into the Nicaraguan legal framework in 2008. Accordingly, ...
International audienceThis article deals with the ways in which acts of male violence against women ...
Pamela Neumann earned her M.A. in Latin American Studies and Ph.D. in sociology from the University ...
The Ortega-Murillos, Nicaragua’s presidential couple, have established a distinct political-culture ...
Esta contribución analiza los debates de la militancia feminista nicaragüense, ocurridos durante el ...
Scholars have argued that institutional inequities and control over resources are linked to gender-b...
This article contains reflections on gender violence against women in Mexico, Spain and Guatemala an...
For the last several decades, a global ideological struggle has been taking place between organizati...
This article forms part of an inquiry about the reach of legislative changes initiated by Law 779 in...
Este artículo forma parte de una investigación sobre los cambios legislativos iniciados por la Ley...
La meta de este artículo es examinar la relación entre religión y política en Nicaragua con especial...
International audienceThis article analyzes Nicaragua as a case study for exploring the ways in whic...
The struggle between the state on one hand, and democracy and society on the other, reflects the ong...
International audienceOn March 2, 1998, Zoilamérica Narváez publicly denounced Daniel Ortega, her ad...
Drawing on ten months of ethnographic fieldwork, in-depth interviews, and secondary sources, this di...
The gender mainstreaming was incorporated into the Nicaraguan legal framework in 2008. Accordingly, ...
International audienceThis article deals with the ways in which acts of male violence against women ...
Pamela Neumann earned her M.A. in Latin American Studies and Ph.D. in sociology from the University ...
The Ortega-Murillos, Nicaragua’s presidential couple, have established a distinct political-culture ...
Esta contribución analiza los debates de la militancia feminista nicaragüense, ocurridos durante el ...
Scholars have argued that institutional inequities and control over resources are linked to gender-b...
This article contains reflections on gender violence against women in Mexico, Spain and Guatemala an...