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.
Guatemala: region’s highest rate of femicide
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.
POPE FRANCIS: NO ROMERO, HE DISTANCED HIMSELF FROM THE POOR
One of Latin America's most distinguished Jesuits and liberation theologians reflects on the new papacy.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY IN CENTRAL AMERICA
A photo essay: women denounce violence and demand a real commitment to women's rights.
EL SALVADOR: TRUCE FOR THE GANGS, NO TRUCE FOR WOMEN
A dramatic fall in gang-initiated killings masks ongoing violence against women.
LATIN AMERICA: VIOLENCE AND ABUSE AGAINST TRANSGENDER WOMEN
Horrific acts of abuse and violence are committed against transgender women and human rights defenders, says the International HIV/Aids Alliance.
PERU: MAYOR VILLARAN’S SUPPORT STRENGTHENING
Lima Mayor Susana Villarán may yet succeed in resisting 'impeachment'
CUBA: WOMEN LOSING GROUND AGAIN
Major changes in Cuba's economy and labour market since 2010 threaten to reverse some of the gains made by women in recent years
HONDURAS: THE COUP WAS A GIANT SETBACK FOR WOMEN
In the three years since the coup which removed President Zelaya, government, police and judiciary have ignored the mounting violence against women
HONDURAN WOMEN CAMPAIGN FOR RIGHTS AND DIGNITY
In an exclusive interview, Reyna Tejada, of the Honduran women's organisation CODEMUH, describes their campaign to improve conditions for women workers in the maquilas or sweatshops producing clothes for export.