This is the fifth volume of essays on Latin American Women´s Studies published by HAINA (The Association of Nordic Researchers on Gender in Latin America). The volume addresses questions of social- and political science, literary criticism, religion and anthropology. The articles published in Latin American Women as a Moving Force appear in English or Spanish. The publication is the outcome of a conference organized in Iceland, in collaboration with The Vigdis Finnbogadottir Institute of Foreign Languages, in the spring of 2004.