  The heterogeneity of contemporary Latin American feminism can be traced to the diverse political conditions from which its activism emerged. Nevertheless, a theme can be found in the commitment to change the social relations of production, including reproduction. Throughout the region, women collectively participated in movements to engender human rights by seeking better access to education, healthcare, and urban services as well as resistance to military state repression (Saporta Sternbach et al. 1992: 401). Latin America’s economic dependence and political repression during these years set the stage for a distinct militant feminist activism that would continue to spread into the decade of the 1980s.