February 06, 2012 (Latina Lista)
In El Salvador in 1930, the first female president in all of Latin America was elected. Her name was Prudencia Ayala and she led the way in history to proclaim the equality of rights. Twenty years after that declaration, the government, in 1950, granted full equality for both sexes in El Salvador.
February 06, 2012 (MADRE)
“Everything changed when the soldiers arrived,” said Rosa, an Indigenous Ixil woman living in the Quiché region of Guatemala. “They burned our homes, raped the women and killed many of my friends and neighbors.”
February 05, 2012 (U.S. Department of State)
Secretary Clinton addresses the US National Action Plan- and notes that "there are not enough women at the table, not enough women's voices being heard"- at the Prinz Carl Palais in Munich, Germany.
February 01, 2012 (Care2)
A new action plan opens far-reaching possibilities to improve the security of women and the world. With some caution, women's peace advocates plan to monitor its implementation.
February 01, 2012 (Nobel Women's Initiative)
Guatemalan human rights defender Norma Cruz – leader of the women's rights organization ‘Survivors' Foundation' (Fundación Sobrevivientes) – has received repeated death threats because of her work supporting victims of violence against women and calling for those responsible to be prosecuted.
January 31, 2012 (IPS)
The relentless wave of femicides in Guatemala, which has one of the highest female murder rates in the world, has prompted actions by the government, civil society groups, and two Nobel Peace laureates to try to put a stop to this brutal violence against women, which has reached horrific proportions.
January 31, 2012 (Global Room for Women)
Internally displaced women in Colombia are organizing themselves to secure their rights to housing, education and health care. But along with this come threats, violence and dissatisfied husbands. Is it worth it?
January 26, 2012 (TrustLaw)
Colombia has unveiled plans for new laws to tackle high levels of violence against women, in what is being billed as the Andean nation's most important initiative in decades to tackle the widespread problem.
January 24, 2012 (Google News)
The United Nations may set up a sex abuse blacklist of countries whose peacekeepers will be banned from UN missions, a top official said after two new cases were reported in Haiti.
January 24, 2012 (Human Rights Watch)
Haiti's Ministry of Women's Affairs will soon introduce comprehensive legislation to prevent and eliminate violence against women and girls in Haiti. This week, [Monday] members of the US Congress backed this effort by introducing a resolution to support the bill. Representatives from both parties should vote to adopt this resolution.
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