It was made up of women from the battlefronts in northern Mozambique, with the mission of institutionalizing and formalizing military training and participation in combat.
This admission came after a group of peasant women asking FRELIMO, in 1965, to train them militarily so that they could defend the populations they were responsible for.
[1][2] The group present at the foundation was made up of 25 young women, of peasant origin, from the provinces of Cabo Delgado and Niassa.
Despite the decision of the Central Committee of FRELIMO, in 1966, to allow women to participate in political-military training, their presence in the fight against colonialism was not unanimous among the members of the Board, with some claiming that it clashed with the tradition of a woman's place being in the kitchen.
The existence of this group of female guerrillas led FRELIMO to reflect on the role of women in the struggle and the progress needed to fully integrate them as combatants.