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La mujer pobre en Venezuela: entre la especulación y la confianza
Written by Kira Kariakin
Abstract: In Venezuela extreme poverty has been feminized. For every 100 poor men there are 113 poor women. A considerable percentage of women are suffering of extreme poverty and even though the government had created missions like Madres del Barrio and Hijos de Venezuela that had beneficiated more than […]
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Rural poverty in Hungary drives the Western sex trade
Written by Anikó Mészáros
High unemployment and low living standards are forcing women in Northern Hungary to go West and seek work in the sex industry. Where do they come from? The current overall unemployment rate in Hungary stands at 10.3% but there are big regional differences. Unemployment in northern Hungary is 13.3% which […]
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Mapeando el bien común de Rio de Janeiro (Entrevista a Pablo de Soto)
Written by Sara Martin
Abstract: Pablo de Soto is a young activist interested in the possibilities that emerge from the processes of globalization and the development of new technologies. Arquitect and PHD student from ECO (Escola de Comunicaçâo) in Universidad Federal de Rio de Janeiro, Pablo has given lectures and directed workshops involving these issues in […]
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La banalidad de la violencia
Written by vlemus
Abstract: the amount of people murdered in El Salvador from 1992 until 2013 has long surpassed the number of civilians killed during the Civil War (1981-1992) and the political repression era (1975-1980). Even more so, both public indifference and our whole media consumption are designed to profit from violence: tabloid-like […]
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Life of Poor Women in World’s Third Largest City of Karachi
Written by Shahzeb Younis
Karachi is not just the biggest city of Pakistan but is also the world’s third largest city in terms of population. How does such a densely populated city affect the lives of its poor female residents? Let’s find this out in the video below.
