@article{ref1,
title="Healing their wounds: Guatemalan refugee women as political activists",
journal="Women and therapy",
year="1992",
author="Light, Deborah",
volume="13",
number="3",
pages="297-308",
abstract="Guatemalan refugee women living in the camps of southern Mexico for the past decade have become a remarkable example of self-empowerment despite the severe psychological trauma of the experiences which led to their exile. The successful organization of these women (the majority of whom are of Mayan ethnic identity) into a productive force for social advancement raises interesting questions about the roles of physical, social, and cultural environment in post-traumatic recovery. This article seeks to explore these issues by looking at the activism of Guatemalan refugee women and examining it in the context of their refugee experience.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0270-3149",
doi="10.1300/J015V13N03_08",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J015V13N03_08"
}