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.
Video: ‘I can’t be silent’ – Mexican rape survivor takes on...
The moving testimony of a rape victim from Mexico.
First meeting of women banana workers
Women from Latin America, the Caribbean and West Africa are to meet in Ecuador
Mujeres al frente del auge económico en América Latina
Latin America: Women at the Fore. If the new female presidential candidate in Mexico, Josefina Vazquez Mota, wins in 1 July election this year, the percentage of Latin America governed by women will rise from 40% to 60%.
The Gender Equity Index 2012
Overall, women still have little access to economic or political power.
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.
Trafficking Networks Blamed for Femicide in Mexico
Sixty women killed in the first quarter of this year alone in the state of Chihuahua.
Solidarity with Mapuche defenders
Two Indigenous activists from ancestral lands now known as Argentina visited the UK last week for a convergence of global social movements, hosted by War on Want.
Moira Millán: urgent situation of Indigenous people in Patagonia
Moira and Vilma had travelled from southern Patagonia to Europe to spread awareness of the urgent situation for Indigenous peoples in the south of Argentina, and to strengthen bonds of international solidarity.
Yuturi Warmi, Ecuador’s first Indigenous guard led by Kichwa women
In 2020, over 40 Kichwa women began to organise themselves in defence of their territory and to expel mining from the Ecuadorian Amazon. This is how Yuturi Warmi, the first Indigenous guard led by women in the region began.