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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.

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Latin American Indigenous Women Hold NYC Tribunal

By Hajer Naili ● Uncategorized ● May 20, 2014

To puncture official indifference, Latin American indigenous women are staging a tribunal on the sidelines of a U.N. permanent forum “to push back the invisibility” about what they suffer. “The justice system really doesn’t work for us,” says one.

Guatemalan Girls Tell Own Story in Film ‘¡PODER!’

By Lisa Russell ● Uncategorized ● April 11, 2014

With its online premiere today, this docu-drama handed the reins over to two young women to tell how they challenged their local mayor to increase girls’ access to health care and education. This different way of filmmaking ended up being an empowering process itself.

Western Wall Prayers OK’d; Virginia Clinic Closes

By WeNews Staff ● Arts & Culture ● April 26, 2013

The Jerusalem District Court has ruled that women praying at the Western Wall shouldn’t be detained and interrogated. Also, an abortion clinic in Virginia isn’t renewing its license due to new laws.

Central American Women Suffer ‘Crisis of Violence’

By Sadiya Ansari ● Politics ● June 6, 2012

Nobel Laureates Jody Williams and Rigoberta Menchú Tum spotlight the violence that is perpetrated with impunity on women in Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala in a June 5 report.

Illegal Cross-Border Adoption Traps Two Mothers

By Erin Siegal ● Arts & Culture ● December 16, 2011

Two mothers, an American and Guatemalan, inadvertently get caught in an illegal international adoption scam. In this excerpt from her book, “Finding Fernanda,” Erin Siegal describes their frenzied search for the same child.

Appeals Case Gives Hope to Guatemalan Refugees

By Amy Lieberman ● Crime & Law ● October 1, 2010

A Guatemalan woman’s asylum case could add being female to the list of other reasons–such as race, religion, nationhood or politics–for being granted freedom from persecution in the U.S. Thousands of refugee applicants have a stake in the decision.

Kenya’s Rape Probe Falters After Lawyers Drop Out

By Zoe Alsop ● Crime & Law ● December 14, 2008

Kenya’s investigation of rapes committed during post-election violence is foundering. Rights groups question whether an all-women police task force set up to investigate the violence is little more than a ruse, and female lawyers have dropped out.

Women Anchor Quebec; ‘Book of Life’ Turns Page

By Besa Luci ● Arts & Culture ● June 21, 2008

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Radio-Canada, the Quebec-based French-language service of Canada’s CBC public network, announced that Celine Galipeau will anchor its 10 p.m. news broadcast, the Globe and Mail reported June 17.

Obama v. Clinton Puts Stretch Marks on Sisterhood

By Amy Tiemann ● Politics ● April 15, 2008

As the Democratic primaries continue to split women’s rights activists down generational lines, Amy Tiemann sees an overdue mother-daughter power struggle in which younger women are claiming their share of the political stage.