According to the sources currently available to the IRBDC, the only
organization whose name resembles "Mujeres de Amlay" is the
Asociación de Mujeres Nicaraguenses Luisa Amanda Espinoza
(AMNLAE) (Association of Nicaraguan Women Luisa Amanda
Espinoza).
The Asociación de Mujeres Ante la Problem tica Nacional
(AMPRONAC) (Association of Women Confronting the National Problem)
was the first women's organization established in Nicaragua (Vilas
1989, 120). AMPRONAC was founded in September 1977 (Shreir 1988,
203). AMPRONAC was founded by women representing the Frente
Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) and the
middle-class opposition (Human Rights Internet 1990, 381).
AMPRONAC's low-profile agenda included "encouraging women's
participation in the resolution of Nicaragua's problems - an
indirect but obvious reference to Somoza's dictatorship - defending
human rights and promoting women's participation in all aspects of
life" (Vilas 1989, 120).
AMPRONAC changed its name to AMNLAE when the Sandinista Government
came to power in July 1979 (Shreir 1988, 204). Since 1979, AMNLAE
has promoted "the integration of women into the tasks of
reconstruction, the literacy and health campaigns, and production"
(Human Rights Internet 1990, 382).
For further information regarding AMNLAE's activities since 1979,
please consult the attachments included.
Further information on the subject is currently unavailable to the
IRBDC in Ottawa.
BibliographyHuman Rights Internet. 1990. Human
Rights Internet Reporter. Cambridge, MA.: Human Rights
Internet.
Shreir, Sally. ed. 1988. Women's
Movements of the World.
Keesing's reference publication. London: Longman Group UK Ltd.
Vilas, M. Carlos. 1989. State, Class,
and Ethnicity in
Nicaragua. Boulder, CO.: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
Attachments
Human Rights Internet. 1990. Human
Rights Internet Reporter. Cambridge, MA.: Human Rights
Internet.
Shreir, Sally. ed. 1988. Women's
Movements of the World.
Keesing's reference publication. London: Longman Group UK Ltd.
Vilas, M. Carlos. 1989. State, Class,
and Ethnicity in
Nicaragua. Boulder, CO.: Lynne Rienner Publishers.
U.S. Department of State. 1991.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1990.
(Nicaragua, Section 5, Discrimination
Based on Race, Sex, Religion, or Social Status, pp. 710-711)
Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Latinamerica Press. 17 October 1991.
"Women Struggle to Hold Ground in Nicaragua".