ABSTRACT
In this chapter, the author discusses from a Central American perspective the importance of work done at the grassroots level and its connection to work in the international arena. Grassroots methodology strengthened us as women, as human rights activists, and as feminists committed to building a movement at the grassroots level. Despite advances made at the international level, most real gains for women have in fact been the result of women's struggles in their own communities. Women working at local and international levels must reach out to each other so that the experiences, discoveries, and agendas of one group can inform and influence the work of the other. In Vienna, women from diverse regions and with varied kinds of experience worked together to create a unified agenda for advocacy in the international arena. That they were able to do so is in itself a victory.
