Daughters all, Mothers some ...

Abstract

This study is made from a feminist approach in order to make visible and know how to deepen the relationship between mothers and daughters as an opening to the inclusion and democratization of power relations between men and women , as well as from within them. The research contributes to women decisions in terms of their professional growth and knowledge management from their own experiences. The methodology used was qualitative based on a descriptive and interpretative analysis of 10 cases where there is a mother-daughter relationship as a feminist and activist of the Women's Movement in Managua, Masaya and Bilwi, with a cross section corresponding from June 2009 to July 2010. We characterized the ruptures on gender hierarchy, power, identity processes and assignment of roles of mothers and daughters in organizative and laboral instances. The testimonies of women who work in national and international NGO's were prioritized. In conclusion, the rupture of gender mandates have been given from one generation to another; the mothers of today established relationships with their mothers where authority and respect prevails above any other thing. The daughters of today claim that their relationships with their mothers are more horizontal and closer as women with a gender-awareness.