Restoryng as Giving a Voice to Minority Women

Abstract

This inquiry covers women belonging to indigenous groups that identified themselves as minorities in their practice of another religion and their geographic isolation from the political and economic axis of the country. Being women and indigenous, their lack of agency in the public sphere prompted Angeles (1998) to describe them further as a "minority within a minority." This distinction added extra dimensions to their status particularly in their exposure to religious interpretations and cultural practices that challenge women·s rights. This minority status defines and influences the way they communicate and tell their stories about gender violence in the context of religious interpretations, legal (state) laws, customs and cultural practices.