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pressuring governments to find the whereabouts of their loved ones and to punish
the people responsible for their deaths or disappearances.
Through their accusations of human rights violations to the international forum,
women have procured worldwide support for their cause. Through their activism,
they have gained a deeper understanding of the roots of poverty and violence inFigure 12.9
joined the opposition movement as a result of a personal tragedy.
Johan Ordonez/AFP/GEtty Images.Thousands of women in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua