Flora Tristan
The Centro de la Mujer Peruana Flora Tristan is a non-profit feminist organisation founded in 1979. It´s mission is to "combat the structural causes that limit women´s rights as citizens and/ or their ability to exercise those rights. The purpose is to have an impact on expanding women´s citizenship and on the development of policies and processes to respond to criteria and achieve outcomes characterised by gender equity and justice."
Enhancing women´s participation, action and political expression.
The formulation and negotiation of public policies and initiatives for legal reform.
The management and monitoring of programs aimed at attaining strategic goals for women.
Information, education and communication to shape public opinion.
www.flora.org.pe
Flora Tristan (1803-1844) was a french socialist writer and activist. She was also one of the founders of modern feminism and Paul Gauguin's grandmother. Her father, Mariano Tristán y Moscoso, an Arequipa-born Peruvian colonel of the Spanish Navy. When her father died the situation of Flora and her mother changed drastically from the high standards of living they were accustomed to, prompting them in 1832 to go to Arequipa, to claim her paternal inheritance which was in possession of her uncle Pío de Tristán. She remained in Peru until 1834.
Though she never secured the inheritance Tristan wrote a travel diary about her experiences in Peru during the country's tumultuous post-independence period. The diary was published in 1838, ´Pérégrinations d'une paria´. Other works include ´Promenades in London´ (1840) and ´The Workers' Union´ (1843).
posted by Lou @ 4:07 PM
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Lindsay's mum bought her a lovely hard back copy of Perigrinations... before she travelled to Peru in 86. So I read it and was fascinated by Flora Tristan so when I went to work in Lima I was so amazed to find out that Flora Tristan is one of the main feminist organisations in Peru. Ax
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