ALGERIAN WOMENS ASSOCIATIONS AND THE ISLA MIST THREAT

Faced with the challenge of violence, Algerian women must devise a def ense strategy. While their earlier struggles enabled them to build a m ovement centered on the achievement of full citizenship, a divergence grew out of differing views on how to confront the Islamist threat. Fo r some, the expression of Islamism on the political stage must be prev ented by all means; for others the independence of the women's movemen t has to be protected against the danger of cooptation (by the State) under the guise of fighting fundamentalism.