DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: WOMEN CONTINUE TO FACE DISCRIMINATION
Although there have been advances on the legislative and policy front regarding women, many of the reforms exist only on paper. In fact, violence against women is actually increasing, says Tian Spain.
INTERVIEW WITH COLECTIVA MUJER Y SALUD
Interview with Sergia Galvan, Executive Director of Colectiva Mujer y Salud, an organisation that works defending women’s rights in the Dominican Republic.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: TOXIC LEGACY
Mass protests against cyanide contamination from Canadian-owned gold mine
Fundacion Esperanza: Bringing Hope to the Dominican Republic and Haiti
Claudia Pompa describes the mission of microfinance institute, Esperanza Internacional.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Education movement gains ground
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Education movement gains ground. As calls for more resources to be invested in education are growing across the country
Dominican Republic: shocking level of domestic violence
Civil society organisations are mobilising to get the government to take more effective action to curb domestic violence. In a special article for LAB, Daniel Jackman reports.