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Zika Reignites Debate on Reproductive Rights in Latin America

By Kimberly Jane Tan & Por Alison Bowen ● Health & Science ● January 28, 2016

Governments are telling women to restrict pregnancies in Latin America. Women’s advocates say that puts reproductive rights at the center of the public health response to the Zika virus.

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Colombians Doubt a Law Can Get Them Home Again

By Amy Lieberman ● Politics ● June 21, 2012

Many women who have been driven from their homes by Colombia’s sprawling, multi-layered conflict don’t intend to use a new law to try to regain their land. Going home still seems too dangerous.

Illinois Sick Day Bill to Require 7 Paid Days

By Melissa Josephs ● Employment ● April 5, 2012

States should guarantee paid time off for sickness. Too many workers–mostly women–are prepping food and providing healthcare when they should be home with the flu. Second of four in a series by Women Employed’s Melissa Josephs.

Young Colombians Talk About Their Danger Zones

By Amy Lieberman ● Crime & Law ● March 26, 2012

A new wave of programs is gently stirring young Colombians in violent cities to talk about their lives. Organizers say their goal is to help women think about protecting themselves and their children from family violence.

Colombian Women Zoom Ahead in Politics

By Barbara Frechette ● Arts & Culture ● January 22, 2012

Unlike U.S. women, Colombian women have made great strides in the political arena in a short period of time, says Barbara Frechette in the book “Sharing Power.” In this excerpt, she compares this progression to the one in the United States.

Abortion Adds to Colombia’s Election Turmoil

By Womens Enews Staff ● Politics ● May 25, 2006

Colombia’s President Uribe is the strong frontrunner in the May 28 election. But challenger Carlos Gaviria, a supporter of abortion rights, is gaining ground and could force a runoff.

Colombians Push Abortion Onto National Agenda

By Womens Enews Staff ● Health & Science ● December 22, 2005

A 29-year-old lawyer in Colombia has filed a landmark case with the country’s Constitutional Court that seeks to decriminalize abortion in the predominantly Catholic nation. Women’s rights activists are cheering her on.

Colombian Court Frees Woman Accused of Infanticide

By Asjylyn Loder ● Arts & Culture ● April 23, 2002

Colombia’s high court frees a woman jailed for more than six years on charges she murdered her infant. Her version–that she was raped, hid the pregnancy and gave birth to a stillborn infant–was never investigated by local authorities.

Colombian Rebels Mix Genders, Not Opportunities

By Margarita Martinez ● Uncategorized ● January 15, 2002

Women rebels fighting the Colombian government live the lives of soldiers in training camps, yet have little expectation of promotion, have no control over their reproductive lives and face death if they dare to leave.

Betty ‘The Ugly’ Reveals a Truth About Beauty

By Margarita Martinez ● Employment ● April 2, 2001

Colombia, obsessed with physical beauty, is also obsessed with a soap opera starring an unattractive financial whiz who repeatedly saves her inept boss from ruin. Viewers also are forced to take a hard look in the mirror and think about true beauty.