Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Master's Theses Graduate College 4-2013 Economic Autonomy of the Miskitu Women of the North Atlantic Autonomous Region, Nicaragua: Do Current Development Polices Apply to Matrifocal Societies? Ariana M. Toth Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses Part of the Gender and Sexuality Commons, Growth and Development Commons, Human Geography Commons, and the Latin American Studies Commons Recommended Citation Toth, Ariana M., "Economic Autonomy of the Miskitu Women of the North Atlantic Autonomous Region, Nicaragua: Do Current Development Polices Apply to Matrifocal Societies?" (2013). Master's Theses. 142. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/142 This Masters Thesis-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. ECONOMIC AUTONOMY OF THE MISKITU WOMEN OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC AUTONOMOUS REGION, NICARAGUA: DO CURRENT DEVELOPMENT POLICIES APPLY TO MATRIFOCAL SOCIETIES? by Ariana M. Toth A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts Department of Geography Western Michigan University April 2013 Thesis Committee: Lucius F. Hallett IV, Ph.D., Chair Benjamin Ofori-Amoah, Ph.D. Laura Hobson-Herlihy, Ph.D. ECONOMIC AUTONOMY OF THE MISKITU WOMEN OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC AUTONOMOUS REGION, NICARAGUA: DO CURRENT DEVELOPMENT POLICIES APPLY TO MATRIFOCAL SOCIETIES? Ariana M. Toth, M.A. Western Michigan University, 2013 This thesis provides an ethnographic investigation into the economic autonomy of Miskitu women in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region of Nicaragua.