The Women's Studies Program at Casa de las Américas

Abstract

The triumph of the Cuban Revolution was a turning point not only in the political order, but also in the social and cultural environment. The fallowing social changes, made the situation of the Cuban woman was transformed in many fields. The Women's Studies Program of the Casa de las Américas was created in 1944 and the strategy fallowed has been using the international status of the Casa de las Américas and its permanent search criteria. This Program not only aspires to modify reality, but also to organize it mentally and to contribute with Latin American and Cuban theorizing to the foundation of studies and practices around and for women.