In Come Hell or High water: Feminism and the Legacy of Armed Conflict in Central America, Tine Destrooper explores the motivations, strategies and priorities of women’s activists in Guatemala and Nicaragua. She explains how these priorities were shaped by the legacy of armed conflict and the presence of international aid agencies.

List of illustrations and tables Abbreviations Preface and acknowledgements Introduction PART I: THE INFLUENCE OF CONFLICT AND ITS AFTERMATH ON THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT 1. A social history of the women's movement in Guatemala and Nicaragua 2. Social movement spillover and organizational learning in the post-conflict women's movement 3. Is there a real women’s movement? Cooperation, fragmentation and divisions in the movement 4. Shifting paradigms: womanhood as a political strategy PART II: COMPLEMENTARY APPROACHES TO WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT 5. Revisiting mainstream feminist approaches 6. Indigenous feminism and its experience-based approach to women's empowerment 7. The socio-political value of an experience-based approach. Rethinking strategies of collective action Conclusion: New perspectives for female mobilization Alphabetical overview of interviewees Bibliography Index