Nicaragua: A women's organization known as AMLAE, including its affiliation or relationship with the Sandinistas (1979-1990)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 17 October 2001 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | NIC37919.E |
| Reference | 5 |
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For information on the Nicaraguan Women's Association Luisa Amanda Espinoza (Asociacion de Mujeres Nicaragüenses Luisa Amanda Espinoza) for the period 1979-1990, please refer to NIC9537 of 9 October 1991 and its attachments. Please note that this Response and some of its attachments refer to the organization's acronym as AMNLAE, while others refer to it as AMLAE. More recent reports also refer to the organization both as AMLAE and AMNLAE (La Prensa 30 May 2001; ibid. 1 July 2001; ibid. 14 Mar. 2001; El Nuevo Diario 22 Dec. 1999; Género y Sociedad 17 May 2001); however, among the sources consulted, the latter acronym is found more frequently than the former.
For an additional reference to activities of AMNLAE during the period in question, please consult the attached February 1986 report from The New Internationalist titled "Nicaragua-Fruits of the Revolution: Sandino Sunrise." Descriptions of current or more recent activities of the organization can be found in some of the above-cited reports, In addition to these, the attached background report on women's movements in Nicaragua, Challenging Violence against Women--Nicaragua: Special Report (Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign 17 Sept. 2001), provides both historic background on AMNLAE, which it describes as "the official Sandinista women's organization" created in 1979, and a reference to its more recent activities.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
References
El Nuevo Pais [Managua]. 22 December 1999. "Otros desalojos de Chinandega."
Género y Sociedad, San José. 17 May 2001. "Nicaragua."
La Prensa [Managua]. 1 July 2001. " Mujeres policías luchan contra padres Violadores
_____. 30 May 2001. "Homenaje a las madres en San Rafael."
_____. 14 March 2001. José Luis González. " Ordenan a Amnlae regresar local en
León."
Attachments
New Internationalist [Oxford]. February 1986. No. 156. "Nicaragua-Fruits of the Revolution: Sandino Sunrise."
Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign, London. 17 September 2001. Challenging Violence against Women--Nicaragua: Special Report.