Equality

Little has been written about women's struggles for political equality in Central American countries. This article focuses on one such proposal put before the Costa Rican national Legislature in 1988, called "The Law of Real Equality for Women." Tracing the progress of this proposal reveals the attitudes and beliefs of elites about women, the power of state actors to influence gender relations, and the ideology of political discourse in Costa Rica. We describe the unique factors that gave rise to this proposal at this time in Costa Rican history and analyze what this case study can add to our understanding of the role of the state in gender relations

Gender relations · Ideology · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · State (computer science · Gender Studies · Gender, Violence, Rights in Latin America · Law · Politics and Society in Latin America · Religion and Society in Latin America

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• Identity, Revolution, and Democracy

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