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Louisa Reynolds

Louisa Reynolds is a British freelance journalist. She has worked in Central America for the past eight years and has reported on justice and human rights issues, gender, development, crime and violence, politics and economics. She is the 2014-2105 International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) journalism fellow.

Louisa's Latest Articles

Guatemalan Double Standard Limits Femicide Courts

By Louisa Reynolds & Por Alison Bowen ● Crime & Law ● June 15, 2015

Male infidelity is widely accepted in Guatemala, but also more likely to get a woman killed than in any other country in Latin America. That’s a challenge for the new femicide courts, which are battling a culture of impunity for violence against women.

Guatemalan Domestic Workers Reveal a Dirty Business

By Louisa Reynolds & Por Alison Bowen ● Employment ● May 4, 2015

“It’s been hard,” says a domestic worker who is struggling to organize and bring the country in line with the region. “The women are afraid and they have been told that if you’re a labor organizer you’re going to get killed.”