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Los aportes y el papel de las mujeres guatemaltecas en la construcción de la democracia…ABSTRACTThe modernization has been a socio political process that has arrived by the backdoor to our Latin-American Continent, and within it, one of the paradigms thathas had the greater difficulties to flourish is democracy. Dictatorial regimes havebeen the characteristic that has prevailed in Latin-American histories in the lastfive decadesThe defense of human rights then in our country and in many other of Latin-American countries, came up from the movement of women itself, and they are theones that still continue being the majority in this political work. However, even theycontinue being the majority, they have had many difficulties for the recognition oftheir work and for having access to the positions of decision in the movement andin the consolidation of this subject.–39–