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Wednesday, 16 October 1991 - 9:00 AM - CONAMUS (National Coordinating Committee of Salvadoran Women)
We are seated in a small conference room with another U.S. delegation composed of CISPES regional leaders. Isabel Vasquez, who is in charge of communications for CONAMUS, introduces herself and apologizes for the tight quarters. They had not realized that they had two delegations scheduled simultaneously.
"I have been with CONAMUS since its founding. Our Secretary General is not here, so I am assuming the responsibility of attending to delegations in her absence.
"Let me begin with a short history of our organization. We were founded in November 1986 with the goal of promoting the integral development of women, so that we can be conscious of our reality and work for change. Our object is to mobilize people and to struggle for our vindication.
"We were formed out of different committees of women which had already been established, and we now have a broad organization to represent women throughout our country. Recently we have been evaluating our work and have found that it is not sufficient. So we have begun new work with women who were not previously organized.
