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![Rigoberta Menchu's Speech in Mexico about](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1992Call Number: CV 032Format: Cass A & BProducers: Chuy ValeraCollection: Chuy Varela Collection
Rigoberta Menchu speaks in Mexico in 1992 about her first novel, "I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala". She refers to it as an instrument of peace and justice for those who suffer inequality socially, economically, culturally and politically in the world and a portal the denounce the human rights violations that had been going on in Guatemala and the world. Among other things she talks about the contributions the Mayan Civilization, the significance of respecting the earth, the need for peace, the need for discourse between different global communities and the dire situation facing indigenous communities (especially women) in Guatemala. Her speech is followed by music.
![Women in El Salvador](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1990Call Number: JG/ 119Format: Cass A & BProducers: Judy GerberCollection: Programs produced by Judy Gerber and Laurie Simms
Interview with members of the El Salvadorian Women's Social Movement on the post-war situation in El Salvador and its relation to women at work and at home. Because women are a majority in El Salvador, their participation in the processes of transition, democratization and social change in the country—after the signing of accords and leading up to the 1994 elections—is crucial.
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