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- ↑ Cano Colazo, Victoria (17 September 2013). "Breve historia del feminismo en el Paraguay". Fondo de Mujeres del Sur (in Spanish). Córdoba, Argentina: Fondo de Mujeres del Sur. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ↑ "Serafina Dávalos: A cien años de Humanismo" (PDF). Centro de Documentación y Estudios (in Spanish). Asunción, Paraguay: Centro de Documentación y Estudios. November 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
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