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Struggling Against the ‘Worst‐Case Scenario’? Strategic Conflicts and Realignments of the Feminist Movement in the Context of the 2006 N icaraguan Elections

2013; Wiley; Volume: 33; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/blar.12173

1470-9856

Delphine Lacombe,

Social Policy and Reform Studies

This article analyses the debates that took place within the N icaraguan feminist movement during 2006. In the months before the election of D aniel O rtega, a new feminist organisation, the A utonomous W omen's M ovement ( MAM ), was created. Its members decided to ally themselves with the S andinista R enewal M ovement ( MRS ), which shared the priority of avoiding the return to power of the S andinista N ational L iberation F ront ( FSLN ), because they considered it to be the ‘worst‐case scenario’. This article explains these processes. It studies their consequences for other feminist groupings and the relevance of the revolutionary referent for the strategic divergences within the movement.