Drina Ergueta escribe en Página Siete: “… “¡Ser hombre no es ser macho!”, una aclaración necesaria que gritaban los marchistas, ya que socialmente se ha creado la idea positiva del término macho, como símbolo de hombría. Una hombría normalmente violenta a la hora de resolver cualquier asunto, incluido el amoroso. Pero, además, se gritó: “¡Traiciona…
Tag: women’s rights
Una pesadilla que debe terminar!
Página Siete: “… una cifra dolorosa y alarmante que, sin embargo, no puede ser frenada ni siquiera discutida.“
Preventing violence
Britta Wiemers and Henry Cervantes report for Development and Cooperation: Socialization Violent behaviour is learned. It is reinforced by patriarchal structures and a belief in male superiority. A civil-society organisation in Bolivia is taking preventive action by making young people reconsider gender roles. Violence is not an innate biological characteristic; it is learned – like…
Bolivia declares emergency plan to end gender killings
VOA for Citizen Digital: Bolivia, which has one of South America’s highest rates of women being killed because of their gender, has declared femicide a national priority and will step up efforts to tackle growing violence, a top government rights official said on Tuesday. Since January authorities have recorded 73 femicides – the killing of…
Girl Abandoned on Queens Street 14 Years Ago Is Trying to Go to College in U.S. — and May Get Some Help from NY Charity
NBC New York reports: A key New York charity, New Yorkers for Children, is considering Valery for a college scholarship one day after seeing her story on News 4 New York By Melissa Russo, Kristina Pavlovic, Hilary Weissman and Evan Stulberger Published Jul 12, 2019 at 6:03 PM | Updated at 10:21 PM EDT on Jul 12, 2019 Her story…
Against femicides: Human Rights activists demand to declare national alert
El Diario reports: Climbing femicides Human Rights activists demand to declare national alert More than 50 institutions ask municipal and departmental governments to activate “measures, actions and economic resources” ORGANIZATIONS OF WOMEN ASK TO DECLARE NATIONAL ALERT FOR FEMICIDES. Through a public statement issued by the Bolivian Chapter of the Inter-American Platform for Human Rights,…
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