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El Salvador: urgent appeal

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LAB partner CAWN (Central America Women's Network) is appealing for support in a petition to the government of El Salvador to allow doctors to save a women's life through permitting an abortion

Paraguay: the bañados go up town

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Mothers from the bañados mudflats in Asunción, demonstrate against police ill-treatment of their children.

Central America: Feminism and revolution

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Central American feminist María Suárez Toro explains how women have decided 'that they are not going to be represented by the boys'.

VENEZUELA Q & A: THE PROBLEM OF IMAGE ATTRITION

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Maduro needs to consolidate democracy and avoid a recall referendum half way through his term.

ULAM (Union Latinoamericana De Mujeres)

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ULAM is a network of grassroots women organisations across Latin America who are defending the environment and their human rights against the extractive industry.

BRAZIL: WOMEN BABACU BREAKERS FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL

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The spread of commercial farming and mining in the north and north-east is threatening the livelihoods of the babaçu breakers, long renowned for their fearlessness and their strong community spirit. Giovanna Grandoni reports.

FEMICIDE IN MEXICO: THE COTTON FIELD CASE AND ITS SEQUELS

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Government action is failing lamentably to protect Mexican women from a wave of violence and femicide.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: WOMEN CONTINUE TO FACE DISCRIMINATION

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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

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Interview with Sergia Galvan, Executive Director of Colectiva Mujer y Salud, an organisation that works defending women’s rights in the Dominican Republic.

Guatemala: region’s highest rate of femicide

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Over 600 women were murdered in 2012, with an increase in the number of young girls killed. Marilyn Thomson, from CAWN, looks at what is being done to tackle this horrific problem.

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