The Case of Sepur Zarco and the Challenge to the Colonial State

This work has its beginnings in the lives of fifteen Q’eqchi’ women who were originally from communities surrounding Sepur Zarco, one of the 138 small villages in the municipality of El Estor, which is in the department of Izabal, northeastern Guatemala, more than three hundred kilometers (185 miles...

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Published inIndigenous Women and Violence p. 100
Main Author IRMA A. VELÁSQUEZ NIMATUJ
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Arizona Press 23.03.2021
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Summary:This work has its beginnings in the lives of fifteen Q’eqchi’ women who were originally from communities surrounding Sepur Zarco, one of the 138 small villages in the municipality of El Estor, which is in the department of Izabal, northeastern Guatemala, more than three hundred kilometers (185 miles) from the country’s capital. For six years, from 1982 to 1988, these fifteen women experienced sexual and domestic slavery imposed by the Guatemalan military, which had occupied that area amid the internal armed conflict that occurred in the country from 1960 to 1996. In 2011, the organizations Mujeres Transformando el Mundo (MTM,
ISBN:0816542627
9780816542628
DOI:10.2307/j.ctv1ghv4mj.9