Child Law Penalizes Moms for Abusive Partners
Why was a mother charged with failure to protect her children when she had moved them away from her abusive partner and into a shelter?
Category: Violence Against Women
Three Generations of Colombian Women Rap to Transform Medellín
This article was published by Women Under Siege, a project of the Women’s Media Center. Medellín, Colombia—Margoth Yepes has aContinue Reading
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She was recruited by a US anti-abortion group, now her protests block access to reproductive health care in Colombia
This feature article and photographs were published by Univision News and in Spanish by Univision Noticias. Pamela Delgado was swayedContinue Reading
Transnational Sex Trafficking Rings Cash In on Venezuela Crisis
Authorities in Spain and Venezuela have arrested members of two different transnational networks sexually exploiting women and girls fleeing the South American country’s political and economic crises.
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Contraceptive shortages mean Venezuela’s people face a sexual health emergency
Health indicators that had improved over decades are coming undone as the country’s economic situation deteriorates, leaving people without access to reproductive, sexual, and HIV healthcare.
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Street Artists Challenge Sexism with Spray Paint in Colombia’s Cities
Female street artists in Colombia are using the once male-dominated art form to challenge preconceptions about gender and race, and combat violence against women.
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World Policy On Air Interview: “Abortion in the Americas”
Tough abortion laws across the Americas and the Caribbean are threatening women’s lives and family stability. I went on to WorldContinue Reading
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A “Witch Hunt Against Poor Women”: Across the Americas, Abortion Laws Are Harming Health And Security
In 2011, Maria Teresa Rivera woke up handcuffed to a hospital bed. Earlier that day, suffering stomach cramps, she hadContinue Reading
El Salvador considers partial pivot on world’s worst anti-abortion law
El Salvador’s ruling party is finally challenging the country’s long-standing abortion ban which has imprisoned dozens of women for sufferingContinue Reading
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El Salvador’s Violence: Still No Easy Way Out
by Sarah Kinosian, Angelika Albaladejo and Lisa Haugaard on September 15, 2016 The Center for International Policy (CIP) and the Latin America WorkingContinue Reading
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