El Salvador: from miscarriage to murder
Abortion law in El Salvador recognises no distinction between intentional abortion and unintentional miscarriage, applying jail sentences to both. SBS Dateline investigates...
El Salvador: the world’s worst place to have an abortion
Ben Zand investigates the controversial case of Evelyn Hernandez, a Salvadoran teenager raped by a gang member and then jailed for 30 years...
Colombia – two sisters, the FARC and the Peace Process
This article is based on an interview carried out by ABColombia in August 2018. The text does not reflect the views of ABColombia...
Chocolate Remix: Lo que las mujeres quieren
Lesbian Reggaeton: 'Lo que las mujeres quieren' (What girls want). With English subtitles.
Chocolate Remix is the reggaetón project led by Romina Bernardo (aka Chocolate)...
Chile: La caravana de las Danzas
The 2018 Caravana de las Danzas 2018, dancing in La Plaza de Talca and taking a walk around the Barrio en Colores, an open...
A rapist in your path
On 20 November, a
group of four women known as Las Tesis from Valparaíso, Chile, unknowingly
started what would become an international phenomenon in the global...
The indigenous midwives of the Amazon
In the villages of Tabatinga, Amazonas, Ticuna midwives work
according to ancestral traditions, honing their skills generation after
generation. However, they remain unrecognised by the state.
Translated...
Guatemala: violence against women
8 March is celebrated as International Women’s Day. However, in Guatemala for the past three years, the day has been a painful reminder of the long road towards gender equity, and the potentially lethal consequences of continuing misogynistic and violent attitudes towards women.
Haiti: Madan Sara women
The Madan Sara are at the forefront of a battle for a more robust and inclusive economy in Haiti.
The women known as Madan...
Brazil’s Women of Virtue
In Damares Alves, Minister for Women, Family and Human Rights, Brazil’s evangelical churches have a representative at the very heart of government. To understand what these churches expect of their female worshippers, three Agência Pública reporters attended services and events during 2019.