BLOG: Mujeres de la Guerra: Women's Voices from El Salvador

These are what true women warriors look like. Mujeres de la Guerra, Historias de El Salvador (documentary, book, photography) highlights 28 women leaders in El Salvador telling their stories of participating in the Salvadoran civil war and their continued work for justice and peace today.

Thanks to Bethany Loberg for sending this to me (who continues her work accompanying the justice movement in El Salvador). And to Lyn McCracken and Theodora Simon who are working on this beautiful project holding up women's stories.

Click here to watch the video with excerpts from the testimonies of 28 women.

Quotes from some of the women's interviews:

“My message for all women is that we always have a positive attitude. That we as women, when we want something, we achieve it. And we have to continue fighting, not stay where we are, but figure out how to achieve what we, as women, want. In the world, in our country.” – Reina

“These are real things, these aren't things from a movie, but things that we have lived. And things that haven't been easy. Our struggle has been of a lot of sacrifice, of blood, of so many martyrs that have given their lives in this history. We will construct our future together. The problems that we face in our country aren't just here; the crisis is on the global level. And everywhere, even in the United States, there are people that are organized and fighting against injustice.” - Yolanda