Conclusion

Abstract

This concluding chapter offers a comparison of the trajectories of indigenous women’s mobilization in Peru, Mexico, and Bolivia. The analysis, grounded on intersectionality and the political process model, allows for a better understanding of the internal and external dynamics determining the autonomy indigenous women have exercised as political subjects and thus the different organizational paths they followed. In Mexico and in Peru, these trajectories have involved the creation of autonomous spaces within mixed-gender organizations and also the creation of independent organizations. In Bolivia, the predominant forms are women’s organizations that maintain an affiliation to a male-dominated mixed-gender organization or organizations based on gender dualism. The chapter concludes with an interpretation of the effects of these distinct organizational trajectories on indigenous women’s agency and the transformation of indigenous movements in general.