Zaira Cortes, Author at Women's eNews

Family and Work: An Immigrant Woman’s Dilemma

By Zaira Cortes ● Uncategorized ● January 27, 2012

Midnight passes and it is intensely cold on Roosevelt Avenue. On the corner of 82 Street, Maria Gomez, a-39-year-old Mexican, carefully cleans the space occupied by her food cart.

With water and "jabón Roma," she brushes the fat off the stove that comes from the meat she cooks to prepare tacos.

Poverty Is not Folklore for Indigenous Mexican Women

By Zaira Cortes ● Commentary ● November 4, 2011

A close link between poverty and migration exists. Without employment, education, adequate food plus a machista culture, indigenous women face a challenge. Crossing the border may be the only way to get a better life.

Limitations of Language: A Barrier for mothers to overcome

By Zaira Cortes ● Uncategorized ● September 27, 2011

Many immigrant mothers who do not speak English find it difficult to find assistance for their children in the U.S. health and education systems.

A Mother is Murdered; Suspect Flees Again

By Zaira Cortes ● Uncategorized ● August 15, 2011

In her first blog Global Connect! writer Zaira Cortés uses one case of domestic violence in her community to talk about domestic violence against all women to raise awareness of the problem and to encourage women to report incidents.

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