Brazil: Dilma’s inauguration
In her first speech as president, Dilma Rousseff delighted many Brazilians with her poise, flair and her determination to confront tricky issues, such as the position of women in Brazilian society.
Haiti: Sexual Violence Against Women Increasing
Haiti: Sexual Violence Against Women Increasing. As the aid effort in Haiti continues Amnesty issues a new report, discussing the threat of sexual violence women face on a daily basis.
Una pandemia de violencia machista desgarra Latinoamérica
The following article, published by El Pais from Spain, reports on a seminar organised by the Carlos III University in Madrid between 15-16 February, at which a group of specialists discussed the problem of gender violence in Latin America.
Video: ‘I can’t be silent’ – Mexican rape survivor takes on...
The moving testimony of a rape victim from Mexico.
“Until the Day I Die”: Gerta Louisama on Haitian Women Winning...
Gerta Louisama is a member of the Executive Committee and the National Women’s Committee of Tèt Kole Ti Peyizan Ayisyen, Heads Together Small Producers of Haiti, Haiti’s largest and oldest peasant group.
Amazonian Indians confront authorities
At the end of this month's indigenous meeting in Manaus, Raoni Kayapó confronts the authorities, just as the woman indigenous leader, Tuíra, famously did in 1989, in a similar protest over the construction of hydroelectric power stations in the Amazon
HONDURAS FEMICIDES
A group of human rights organisations in Honduras says the killings of women has increased in recent years.
INTERVIEW WITH LIMA’S MAYOR SUSANA VILLARAN
Nick Caistor, from LAB, visited Susana during his recent tour in Peru.
Trials and Tenacity in Honduran Women’s Struggle for Land Rights
Despite being denied time and again title to the land they farm, a group of women from El Estribo is not giving up.
Bolivia: new faces of justice
Under a radical new arrangement by which the highest ranking judges are voted into office, women and indigenous people are finally getting the top judicial jobs in Bolivia. Report by Emily Achtenberg.