In Progress

Celia Eccher is the chair of Red de Educacion Popular Entre de America Latina y el Caribe Mujeres (REPEM), a network of adult educators in Latin America and the Caribbean working on issues of gender and popular education as well as income generation. She is also Regional Coordinator for Latin America for a southern women’s think tank, Development Alternatives for the New Era (DAWN). REPEM is a network of feminists who are educators for women leaders in Latin America. Within the context of popular education and income-generating projects, these activists are part of a regionwide movement in Latin America that focuses on citizenship rights and responsibilities. Celita, as her friends call her, shares REPEM’s experience in Latin America with Luz Maria Martinez of Isis International.