Mujeres Creando ('' Eng: Women Creating'') is a Bolivian

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collective that participates in a range of anti- poverty work, including propaganda,

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and direct action. The group was founded by

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, Mónica Mendoza and Julieta Paredes in 1992 and members including two of Bolivia's only openly lesbian activists. Mujeres Creando publishes ''Mujer Pública'' ('' Eng: Public Woman''), produces a weekly radio show, and maintains a cultural café named Virgen de los deseos ('' Eng: Virgin of Desires''). Founder Julieta Paredes described Mujeres Creando as "a 'craziness' started by three women (Julieta Paredes, María Galindo and Mónica Mendoza) from the arrogant, homophobic and totalitarian Left of Bolivia during the 1980s, where heterosexuality was still the model and feminism was understood to be divisive." Mujeres Creando gained international attention due to their involvement in the 2001 occupation of the Bolivian Banking Supervisory Agency on behalf of Deudora, an organization of those indebted to microcredit institutions. The occupants, armed with dynamite and

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s, demanded total

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and achieved some limited success. Juliet
Ojeda
a member of Mujeres Creando, explains that "in reality the financial institutions were committing usury and extortion, cheating people and exploiting their ignorance, making them sign contracts that they didn’t understand." Mujeres Creando has denied that members directly participated in the occupation. Since 2001, Mujeres Creando has been led by Maria Galindo; Mujeres Creando Comunidad was formed separately and propelled by Julieta Paredes. On August 15, 2002, members of Mujeres Creando and supporters involved in the production of an educational film dealing with violence in relation to women's human rights were beaten by La Paz police. The police violence was condemned by the

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External links

Official Website - MujeresCreando.org
(in

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Mujeres Creando: An interview with Julieta Ojeda of Mujeres Creando
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Mujeres Creando paints Bolivia
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Marcelo Pisarro, "Riot grrrl boliviano: Mujeres Creando", 1975 Main Street, March 2016
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