Contra violencia sexual: PDDH inicia una campaña radical
21 de julio, 2005 - (La Prensa)La Procuraduría para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos (PDDH), iniciará desde hoy una campaña radial que promoverá una cultura de cero tolerancia a la violencia y explotación sexual comercial, y que además incida en las reformas al Código Procesal Penal (CPP).

Cárcel de mujeres en total hacinamiento
11 de julio 2005 - -(La Prensa) “Cinco años y el millón”, así resume Jeanete González, la sentencia que le impusieron por tráfico de drogas. Es decir, cinco años de cárcel más el pago de un millón de córdobas si la reclusa no quiere estar por el sexto año en la cárcel.

2003

RURAL WOMEN SEEK VISIBILITY (TEXT IN SPANISH)
June, 2003 - (MujeresHoy) 4 out of 10 Nicaraguan women live in the field. Often their work and contribution to the family, the community and the State goes unrecognized. But this is changing little by little.

NICARAGUA SHAKEN BY CHILD'S ABORTION
March 23, 2003 - (cbsnews.com) An abortion undergone by a 9-year-old rape victim has touched off an explosive debate in Nicaragua, where reaction to the abortion has outraged the Roman Catholic Church, toppled a Cabinet minister and sparked demands for liberalization of pregnancy laws.

2002

WHOSE VOICES? ON RESEARCH WITH NICARAGUAN WOMEN WORKERS
June 2002 - (Central American Women Network - CAWN) This article describes some of the methodological issues arising from a piece of collaborative research managed and published by the New Academy of Business (www.new-academy.ac.uk), funded by DFID (UK Department for International Development): "Codes of Conduct as Tools to Improve the Situation of Women in Southern Workplaces: Learning from Case Studies of Agriculture and Textiles in Central America" (February 2001-April 2002). The research involved two researchers in the UK and two in Nicaragua as well as various organisations in both countries, including CAWN.

WOMEN WORKERS IN THE FREE TRADE ZONES
February 13, 2002 -(Central American Women Network - CAWN) "See how happy and tranquil all the workers are," coos the labour lawyer who is showing us around the Chih Hsing textile factory in the Las Mercedes free trade zone on the outskirts of Nicaragua's capital, Managua. Throughout our "tour", she repeats this observation like a mantra, as though we might start to believe her if we hear it enough times. We don't. The workers, around 80 per cent of whom are women - sit in rows on hard, wooden benches. There they toil away, often for more than 12 hours a day, and sometimes on Saturdays and Sundays too. They don't talk; they don't smile. They must meet strict production targets, or risk having their pay docked. Even with huge amounts of overtime, they will only earn around $130 a month at most. That is not enough to provide shelter, food, clothing, healthcare and education for an average Nicaraguan family.

 

2001

CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT
February 13, 2001 - (CAWN Newsletter) How are women on the Caribbean Coast different from women on the Pacific Coast of Nicaragua? One of the principal differences is cultural and this is most evident in the different languages spoken in the two regions reflecting historical differences between them. Whilst the Caribbean Coast was conquered by the English, the Pacific Coast and centre of Nicaragua was dominated by the Spanish. It was not until the 1890s that the so-called "re-incorporation" of Misquita occurred, which, for us, is thought of as the "invasion" of the Caribbean Coast by the Pacific. Since then there have been many diverse struggles between the two regions, clearly divided since the beginning of our contemporary history by two forces that were divided in Europe too.

 

2000

NICARAGUA GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO BAN ALL ABORTIONS
July 28, 2000 - (WOMENSENEWS) The ruling party of President Arnoldo Alemán has launched an anti-abortion campaign, seeking to outlaw all abortions and force independent women's centers to close by choking off their sustaining international contributions. Women's leaders have issued an emergency call for assistance to their supporters overseas, seeking to raise an international outcry against the government's moves.

WOMEN FREED IN NICARAGUA
May 31, 2000 - (Grassroots Media Network) A third of Nicaragua's female prisoners walked free Tuesday in a bizarre amnesty enacted by Congress in honor of Mother's Day celebrated here on May 30. The amnesty covered about 110 of the 300 women in Nicaraguan prisons, including many convicted of murder, peddling drugs and theft.


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