Latin America — Trafficking in Women and Girls
It is estimated that half a million young women in Latin America and the Caribbean are lured into sexual abuse, with social media playing a key role.
Killing machismo the Colombian way
A new initiative is being made in Bogota to help women stand up to machismo and to get men to change their behaviour
Brazil: Black Consciousness Day
On 20 November over 1,000 towns will be having a public holiday to celebrate the dia da consciência negra
The Penguin Revolution, Chile, 2006
A documentary about María Jesús Sanhueza, one of the leaders of the 2006 secondary school student protests in Chile, known (for their school uniforms)...
Venezuela lags behind on women’s and LGBT rights
Venezuela's opposition parties reject quotas for women election candidates, but the government's own record on gender lags behind most countries in the Region.
The Past is an Imperfect Tense
A well-to-do white couple living in São Paulo, Brazil, adopt a black baby. The Past is an Imperfect Tense tells the story of this father-son relationship, which begins with great love and affection but ends up in ruin and rejection.
Greta Thunberg: voice and silence
This open
letter, from a distinguished group of Brazilian mental health academics and
professionals, was first published in El Pais Brazil on 2 September 2019. You
can...
UNESCO Declares Bolivia Free of Illiteracy
The South American nation reached the goal after following the programme "Yes I Can" designed by Cuba.
Colombia: street art and social justice in Bogotá
A virtual dialogue was organised to discuss Alba Griffin's new chapter in Pedagogías de la disidencia en América Latina, titled ‘No Somos Falsos Somos Positivos: teorías vernáculas sobre la violencia política y cotidiana en el puente del grafitero’.
Cuba: Women and the low fertility rate
Cuban TV provoked a storm of indignation when it appeared to hold women solely responsible for the country's low birth-rate.