WHERE WERE THE WOMEN?

Talking about feminist movements in Latin American countries, we can say that some years ago, these groups weren't even speaking with each other. But today, we can say that, at least, they are in contact because they have the "Sao Paulo Forum". Althouh few concrete proposals came out of this conclave, it was significant because -according to its principal organizers- solutions only are possible if there is unity among all those who share the same goals. But although certain levels of unity were achieved, there was a gaping hole in what otherwise represented an amazingly broad spectrum of left-of-center political parties, social action groups and movements (guerrilla and otherwise). Women were almost nowhere to be seen. The Forum had discussed the economic, social and political situation of Latin America and the Caribbean; it had talked about the relations between social movements and political parties, and about political education but -they said- it done so from a biased (male) perspective.