Gender-based movement restrictions came into effect in Bogotá this Monday (13 April), permitting men and women to go out for essential trips on alternate days. The measure, announced last week by the city’s mayor Claudia López Hernández as an attempt to curb the spread of Covid-19, has received criticism from trans rights groups.
In a follow-up to his article about social media and democracy, Robert Eveson reports on the work of Colombian NGO Fundación Karimsma to improve the internet safety of women and other minority groups.
A Machitroll is a species found online that is characterised by the ferocious desire to...
On 20 November, a
group of four women known as Las Tesis from Valparaíso, Chile, unknowingly
started what would become an international phenomenon in the global struggle
against sexism and gender-based violence: they performed the anti-machista
anthem and routine ‘Un Violador en tu Camino’ for the first time.
The group hoped that the song would spread feminist theory
in...
2 July 2019
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Threats multiply - to women, diversity and the environment
Somos Guerreras is a collective of seasoned artists comprised of rappers Rebeca Lane (Guatemala), Nakury (Costa Rica) and Audry Funk (Mexico). They are visiting London for the first time in early July, and will appear at the Festival of Latin American Women in...
Somos una Asociación que trabaja por los derechos de las personas trans en Chile. Nos fundamos en enero del 2015 y hoy nos posicionamos como una de las organizaciones trans más reconocidas del país. Conformada por activistas y profesionales trans y cis, dividimos nuestro trabajo en unidades: atenciones, investigaciones, legislación y políticas públicas, educación y capacitación (Oteduca),...
Lesbian Reggaeton: 'Lo que las mujeres quieren' (What girls want). With English subtitles.
Chocolate Remix is the reggaetón project led by Romina Bernardo (aka Chocolate) since 2014. It criticises the machismo associated with this genre and 'resignifies' it, using the same musical logic, creating a new concept of what it calls 'Lesbian Reggaeton'. This...
Marielle Franco was a rising political star in Brazil: she was an activist, the only Black woman to serve on Rio de Janeiro’s current City Council, and a fierce critic of Brazilian government corruption. Marielle Franco grew up in Maré, a favela in northern Rio de Janerio, Brazil and known for her infectious smile,...
Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay have legalised same-sex marriage. What explains the advance of gay rights in Latin America, and how far will they spread?
Video: The Economist, Oct 2015
British actor, writer, comedian and gay rights activist interviews Brazilian Congressman Jair Bolsonaro in 2014 to try to find out why he opposes legislation against homophobic violence. As Fry says, in conclusion, 'that must rank as one of the strangest and most chilling encounters I have ever experienced'.