About the Author

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

Reviews

"Thirty-four short essays, translated by the editor, peovide 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