Rafael Archondo, Pagina Siete: Evo and the women The former president of Bolivia Juan Evo Morales Ayma is until now, officially, the father of two children: Eva Liz and Álvaro. She was born in 1994, he in 1995. The most repeated joke of this father, who turns 61 in October, is that he loves his…
Tag: women’s rights
The pollera skirt: flag or stigma? – La pollera: ¿bandera o estigma?
E. Gerardo Mallea writes in El Diario: The pollera skirt: flag or stigma? In an immediate historical past, the pollera skirt and its use meant a reality reviled and ignored, its intrinsic values were practically exhausted. However, in recent years an overwhelming narrative about the pollera skirt and chola has been mythologized; coming to exalt…
Women conquer space in Bolivia’s Carnival of Oruro
Women set up an arena to claim representation there Before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the world’s countries to shut down, colors exploded in bright arrays and music boomed at Bolivia’s Carnival of Oruro which took place this year on February 17-26. Musicians danced, and dancers sang, all while sporting sparkly hand-embroidered costumes that glittered under the parade…
La aparición de los “traidores ”, bienvenidos sean
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…
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…
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