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Las Krudas is part of an art movement in Cuba created by black feminists, says Fari Nzinga in this essay in the anthology “Getting In is Not Enough.” But like female rappers in the U.S., they fight invisibility in the industry.
Relatives of political prisoners in Cuba–many of them women–are fighting to curb abuses they say family members suffer during incarceration. One of the most prominent opposition groups, Ladies in White, meets on Sundays.
Cuban women struggle with hardships that range from limited wages that drive many to prostitution to handling most of the housework. Women’s rights activists there say the U.S. trade embargo and other sanctions only make their burden worse.