Colombia's armed groups and, to a far lesser extent, its army raped 14,779 women between 2001 and 2009 - or five wome

The annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence campaign ending next week has special meaning for uprooted wom

The new decade begins with the election of another woman president.

Since democracy was restored two decades ago, Chile has worked hard to progress in areas as essential as the reestabl

When Francisca arrived at the historic Curicó Hospital - a staple in the Chilean central valley for nearly one

In June 2009, Chilean army captain Andrea Fuentes travelled to the city of Cap-Haïtien, in north Haiti, to serve

Latin America is no stranger to female leaders, but not many can match the radical political trajectory of Dilma Rous

A poll in Peru says two women are the front-runners in the Oct.

Thirty-four indigenous groups face extinction due to internal armed conflict from the ongoing violence in Colombia, a

In a country where machismo is still the rule, Sandra Torres doesn't cut the demure figure of past first ladies.

IOM Colombia is training public officials on gender-based violence against women; how to identify it, address it and

"Weapons were silenced so women and people can speak" and "My body is my house, my house is my territo

Iran's conservative establishment appears to have reacted coldly to an entreaty by Brazil's president to allow an Ira

The Human Rights Committee concluded its ninety-ninth session today, during which it considered and adopted concludin

The Bolivian goverment ratified its support for the Regional Peace Plan proposed by Venezuela to Colombia, in order t

One hundred young men and women, victims of violence perpetrated by illegal armed groups and at high risk for recruit

It's Friday night, and in a "favela" (shanty town) in this Brazilian city, a group of men relax with a beer

The 11th Regional Conference on Latin American and Caribbean Women closes Friday with the approval of the "Brasi

Today, the United Nations Human Rights Committee will begin its review of the human rights record of the state of Col

A woman is killed every two hours in Brazil and this average puts the country in 12th place among nations registering

In recent decades, human rights advocates have won passage of a system of international human rights treaties, helpin

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