Resources: Women's  Issues  In  Nicaragua

1. Abramsky, T., Watts, C. H., Garcia-Moreno, C., Devries, K., Kiss, L., Ellsberg, M., & Heise, L.(2011). What factors are associated with recent intimate partner violence? Findings from the WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence. BMC Public Health, 11(1), 109-125. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-109

2. Anderson, C. F. (2013). The politics of abortion in Latin America.

3. Åsling-Monemi, K., Peña, R., Ellsberg, M. C., & Persson, L. Å. (2003). Violence against women increases the risk of infant and child mortality: A case-referent study in Nicaragua.
Bulletin Of The World Health Organization, 81(1), 10.

4. Bell, J. & Sahgal, N. (2014). Religion in Latin America: Widespread change in a historically Catholic region. Pew Research Center.

5. Building violence free masculinity. (2013).

6. Butler, F. (2014). Valuing unpaid labor in community Fair Trade products: a Nicaraguan case study from The Body Shop International. Gender & Development, 22(3), 533-547.
doi:10.1080/13552074.2014.963347

7. Cerulli, C., Poleshuck, E., Raimondi, C., Veale, S., & Chin, N. (2012). 'What fresh hell is this?' Victims of intimate partner violence describe their experiences of abuse, pain, and
depression. Journal Of Family Violence, 27(8), 773-781. doi:10.1007/s10896-012-
9469-6

8. Chant, S. (2002). Researching gender, families and households in Latin America: From the 20th
into the 21st century. Bulletin Of Latin American Research, 21(4), 545-575. doi:10.1007/s10896-012-9469-6

9. Cohn, J. (2014). Five things we can do to reduce domestic violence.

10. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women. (2005). Consideration on
reports submitted by states parties under Article 18: Nicaragua, sixth periodic report of
states parties, CEDAW/C/NIC/6, Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination
against Women, New York

11. Correa, T. (2010). Framing Latinas: Hispanic women through the lenses of Spanish-language
and English-language news media. Journalism, 11(4), 425-443. doi: 10.1177/1464884910367597

12. Culp-Ressler, T. (2015). The problem with Pope Francis telling Catholics to avoid "breeding like
rabbits." ThinkProgress.

13. Ellsberg, M., Heise, L., Pena, R., Agurto, S., & Winkvist, A. (2001). Researching domestic violence against women: Methodological and ethical considerations. Studies in Family
Planning, 32(1), 1-16

14.  Ellsberg, M., Winkvist, A., Pena, R., & Stenlund, H. (2001). Women’s strategic responses to
violence in Nicaragua. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 55(8), 547–555.
doi:10.1136/jech.55.8.547

15. Embassy of the United States, Managua, Nicaragua. (2012). 16 days of activism against gender
violence

16. Fair Trade USA. (2015).

17. Freire, P. (200). Pedagogy of the oppressed. New rev. 30th-Anniversary ed. New York, NY:
Bloomsbury Academic.

18. Freston, P. (2008). Evangelical Christianity and democracy in Latin America. London: Oxford
University Press. doi: 10.1093/asprof:oso/9780195174762.001.0001
Gill, L. (1990). "Like a veil to cover them": Women and the Pentecostal movement in La Paz.
American Ethnologist, 17(4), 708-721

19. Goicolea, I., Torres, M. S., Edin, K., & Öhman, A. (2012). When sex is hardly about mutual
pleasure: Dominant and resistant discourses on sexuality and its consequences for young
people's sexual health. International Journal Of Sexual Health, 24(4), 303-317.
doi:10.1080/19317611.2012.715121

20. Gondolf, E. (2010). The contributions of Ellen Pence to batterer programming. Violence Against
Women, 16(9), 992-1006. doi:10.1177/1077801210379330

21. Grabe, S. (2010). Promoting gender equality: The role of ideology, power, and control in the link
between land ownership and violence in Nicaragua. Analyses Of Social Issues & Public
Policy, 10(1), 146-170. doi:10.1111/j.1530-2415.2010.01221.x

22. Herrera, C. (2013). Nicaragua: Violence against women is systemic. Latin American Press.

23. Herrera, C. (2014). Absence of sexual education (Nicaragua). Latin American Press.

24. Homan, M S., (2015). Promoting community change: Making it happen in the real world.

25. Isbester, K. (1998). The economic implications of the Nicaraguan state's ideology about women,
1990-5. Contemporary Politics, 4(4), 375. doi: 1356-9775/98/040341-03

26. Klibanoff, E. (2013). Nicaragua: These women had dreams.

27. Le Mare, A. (2012). ‘Show the world to women and they can do it’: Southern Fair Trade
Enterprises as agents of empowerment. Gender & Development, 20(1), 95-109.
doi:10.1080/13552074.2012.663608

28. Levine, D. H. (2010). Reflections on the mutual impact of violence and religious change in Latin
America. Latin American Politics and Society, 52(3), 131-150.

29. Maloney, A. (2013). Nicaragua law change on gender violence is “huge step back for women.”
Thomson Reuters Foundation.

30. McDonald, S. (November 25, 2005). Nicaragua's culture of home abuse. BBC News.

31. Meet the Women. (2015). Camino Nuevo.

32. Mertens, J. (2014). Violence against women cries out for church response. National Catholic
Reporter, 50(22).

33. Montenegro, S. (2001). Nicaragua’s sexual culture: A loveless legacy. Envio Digital, 240

34. Nonell, J. (2013). Sixteen ways to stop domestic violence in your community.

35. Phillips, J. (2010). Body and soul: Faith, development, community, and social science in
Nicaragua. NAPA Bulletin, 33(1). doi:10.1111/j.1556-4797.2010.01038.x

36. Program H. (2015). Promundo.

37. Engaging boys and young men in the prevention of sexual violence: A systematic and global review of evaluated interventions (Executive Summary). Sexual Violence Research Initiative.

38. Salamone, N. (2010). Domestic violence and financial dependency. Forbes.

39. Salazar, M., & Öhman, A. (2015). Negotiating masculinity, violence, and responsibility: A
situational analysis of young Nicaraguan men’s discourses on intimate partner and sexual
violence. Journal Of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 24(2), 131-149.
doi:10.1080/10926771.2015.1002652

40. Salazar, M., & Sebastian, M. S. (2014). Violence against women and unintended pregnancies in
Nicaragua: A population-based multilevel study. BMC Women's Health, 14(1), 1-17.
doi:10.1186/1472-6874-14-26

41. Salazar Torres, V. M., Goicolea, I., Edin, K., & Ohman, A. (2012). ‘Expanding your mind’: the
process of constructing gender-equitable masculinities in young Nicaraguan men
participating in reproductive health or gender training programs. Global Health Action, 5.
doi: 10.3402/gha.v5i0.17262

42. Samandari, G., & Speizer, I. (2010). Adolescent sexual behavior and reproductive outcomes in
Central America: Trends over the past two decades. International Perspectives on Sexual
and Reproductive Health, 26(1), 26-35.

43. Sanchez, E. L. (2013). Thank the Catholic Church for terrifying abortion restrictions in Latin
America. The Guardian.

44. Silva, J. A. (October 23, 2010). Nicaragua: Machismo just isn’t cool. Inter Press Service.

45. Sokoloff, N. J., & Dupont, I. (2005). Domestic violence at the intersections of race, class, and
gender. Violence Against Women, 11(1), 38-64. doi:10.1177/1077801204271476

46. Solis, A. (2013). Nicaragua: The reform of Law 779 sends society a very negative message. Envio Digital, 388.

47. Solis, M. (December 8, 2014). Taking down machismo: The fight against gender-based
violence in Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Trócaire.

48. Stenn, T. (2014). Fair Trade and justice: A case study of Fair Trade and its effect on the freedom
of Bolivia's indigenous women. Bolivian Studies Journal, 20, 195-217.

49. Sternberg, P. (2000). Challenging machismo: Promoting sexual and reproductive health with
Nicaraguan men, Gender & Development, 8(1), 89-99. doi:10.1080/741923418

50. Sudduth, C., & D’Amico, M. (2014). Law 779: Addressing violence against women in
Nicaragua. The Arkansas Journal of Social Change and Public Service.

51. Suyapa Amador Guzman, S., & Butler, M.B. (2014). Nicaraguan Revolution for Whom? Social
Policy, 44(4), 40-46.

52. Ten Thousand Villages. (2015). Gifts from Nicaragua at Ten Thousand Villages.

53. United Nations Development Fund for Women. (2006). Violence against women: Facts and
figures. New York, NY: UNIFEM.

54. United Nations Development Programme. (2013). Women's empowerment (Nicaragua):
Advocating for victims of domestic violence.

55. United Nations General Assembly. (20 December 1993). Declaration on the elimination of
violence against women (Resolution 48/104).

56. United Nations International Children’s Fund. (2012). At a glance: Nicaragua.

57. Violence in Mexico and Central America: A lethal culture. (December 13, 2014). The
Economist.

58. Welsh, P. (2001). Men aren’t from Mars: Unlearning machismo in Nicaragua.

59. Welsh, P. (2010). Community development: A gendered activism? The masculinities question.
Community Development Journal, 45(3), 297-306. doi:10.1093/cdj/bsq023

60. What we do. (2012). The Center for Violence Prevention.