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El Salvador: Feminists Combat Violence against Women

December 15, 2011
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From Nov. 25- Dec. 11, approximately two thousand feminists located across El Salvador mobilized through protests, speeches and more in a large scale initiative to combat violence against women. AMS (Association for the Self-Determination and Development of Women), The Feminist Collective , the COMUN Collective, The Union of Women and other feminist organizations were leaders in this effort to demand that the government of El Salvador comply with its promises to quell the alarming trend of violence against women.

Women Have Had Enough:16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence

December 1, 2011
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(November 25 – December 10, 2011)All over the world, young women are taking to the streets to protest gender-based violence. According to the United Nations, up to 70% of all women experience gender-specific violence in their lifetime. In countries like…

United to End Violence against Women

November 25, 2011
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November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, marked the annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence Campaign commences around the world.. The UN decided to launch its global anti-violence campaign this year in Guatemala given…

How Long? – Thoughts on Women and Occupy Wall Street

November 22, 2011
JASS

Translated from Spanish by Emily GoldmanA few days ago, Iread the following item on Democracy Now!: "In other news from ‘Occupy,’ activists in New York erected a tent to be used only by women, aftercomplaints of sexual assaults in the Lower…

Mesoamerican Rights Defenders Speak Out against Inaction & Impunity

October 28, 2011
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"The increasingly dangerous reality of insecurity and violence that are plaguing our countries require, more than ever, new strategies and alliances to guarantee the security of women defenders and their activism" said Daysi Flores, MI-WHRD member. Flores is one of five…

Human Rights Organizations Demand Protection for Margarita Carpio

October 18, 2011
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Mexican, regional and international human rights and feminist organizations are denouncing the attempted rape, murder and continual threats committed against a female police officer, prompting the Mexico City Human Rights Commission to grant precautionary measures to ensure her protection. In September, Margarita…

Women Defenders Develop Curriculum

August 15, 2011
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Mesoamerican women activists are uniting and mobilizing to better confront the violence they face as a result of mounting insecurity, continuous violence against human rights defenders and the growing influence of drug cartels, gangs and organized crime on women in the region,…

Attacks against Women Human Rights Defenders

May 30, 2011
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On the morning of May 20, 2011, a group of unidentified people broke into CIMAC’s (Women’s Information and Communication) office in Mexico City, destroying and stealing computers, documents and sensitive information. CIMAC is known for its journalism with a gender…

Frontline Women Human Rights Defenders Document Violations

May 30, 2011
JASS

The recent attack on CIMAC's office in Mexico is another example of the reality that women human rights defenders on the frontlines face serious reprisals for their work. In 2009 and 2010, thousands of defenders from across Mesoamerica collaborated to denounce violations and murders.…

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