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Las luchas de las mujeres migrantes en el Perú
Abstract: A woman who migrates certainly is a woman who searches. Through this article we will share a couple of stories that show how Peruvian women of the Andes and the jungle that were forced to migrate from the countryside or small towns to the capital, faced new problems and […]
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Mujer, joven, trabajadora y pobre
Abstract: For women in El Salvador, living in the city and having a steady job are not a guarantee for overcoming poverty. Thousands of female workers in sectors such as domestic service, and the textile and clothing industry, work for low wages with which they must keep their families. And they are […]
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Empoderamiento femenino en Bolivia: Una deuda pendiente
Abstract: Women in Bolivia have been isolated from public life for over 120 years. It was only in the middle of the 20th century when the situation began to change and women were given a bigger say in Bolivian affairs. Over the past decades there has been significant milestones and it […]
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Los retos de las migrantes nicaragüenses en Costa Rica
Abstract: Costa Rica is not only an attractive tourist destination, but also the Latin-American country with the highest number of migrants in relation with its total number of inhabitants. Most of these migrants are from Nicaragua. Half of those migrants are women and are concentrated in the urban areas of […]
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Pobreza y desplazamiento en Colombia: un problema de género
Abstract: In Colombia when women leave the country to get to the cities, they don’t necessarily do it by choice, or because they are poor. They leave their houses, their lands and their communities in order to save their lives and their children’s, to escape from violence and forced recruitment. In […]