Environment
U.N. Carbon Planning Opens to Indigenous Women
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At the annual United Nations climate change talks, women are demanding a seat at the table on an international program aimed at reducing deforestation through carbon-credit trading.
Domestic Violence
ICE in Albuquerque Chills Battered Immigrants
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It’s not only the state of Arizona. Albuquerque, N. M., illustrates the kind of fears spawned among immigrant victims of domestic abuse when local police departments team up with federal immigration agents.
Mexico
New Mexican Burial Sites Rise from Hidden Graves
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Months later, the killings are unsolved. But the families of 11 slain New Mexican women now have a burial site to decorate and visit.
Health & Science
Native Women Mark Autumn in Nuclear Shadows
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Marking the start of autumn, women from six native communities gathered near Los Alamos National Laboratory to discuss their concerns about nuclear contamination, type-II Diabetes and the near extinction of traditional midwifery.
Politics
Women Build Groundwork in Makeshift ‘Colonias’
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Women engaged in grassroots activism in “colonias”–makeshift communities along the Mexico border–are working to improve access to basic infrastructure, services and help residents learn about their citizenship rights.