Few women have heard the term “verbal harassment street”, but most know their meaning. Verbal street harassment is the bastard relative of the “compliment” unnatural and deviant, but borrows its legitimacy to settle in everyday social life. We talk about what is commonly known as “rude” spoken by strangers, usually women, but also transvestites and […]
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Jaime Montejo of the Independent News Agency Noti-Calle, Mexico City, March 6 March 2012. – “This March 8th we have nothing to celebrate sex workers in Mexico,” said Lucia, who engages in prostitution from 17 years ago in Merced. “The authorities consider us victims of trafficking and pimps, but in their operations, the police treat […]
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Interview with Ada Beatriz Rico, Director of La Casa del Encuentro, health care, counseling and comprehensive prevention of violence against women and trafficking. Power relations and class struggle appear as private appropriation of collectively generated. Capitalism is, among other calamities, how life is played through the oppression of the few over the many. But not […]
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Virtually all cases respond to domestic violence. “Legally they are treated as personal injury and go unpunished by the difficulty to verify authorship,” he told AFP Congresswoman Gloria Estela Diaz. The legislator presented on March 16 a bill to criminalize these attacks, with imprisonment from eight to 30 years with no right to a reduction […]
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According to research conducted by the Prosecutor in charge, sentenced today were part of a network that was trafficking women living in the coffee with false promises of work, the city of Colon (Panama), where they were forced to engage in prostitution. Read Article
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Studies conducted by the Network of Latin American and Caribbean Women in Management, revealed that violence worldwide is the leading cause of death in women between 15 and 44 years, reaching over cancer and traffic accidents is why it is consulted on the matter to the Vice President of the National Institute of Women, Judith […]
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The Attorney Yolanda Guzman Verduzco announced the dismantling of a gang of rapists who last year made at least seven sexual abuse of women. In the last week, said the state official, were arrested three suspected members of the group of individuals who, armed and masked, committed between December 2010 and January 2011 a series […]
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Yasuno í National Park (Ecuador). A group of women has begun to make their mark in the Ecuadorian oil industry, even in the platforms of the Amazon, after overcoming the looks of disbelief from the hundreds of men around them and in some cases discrimination. Until recently the wells, with their huge machines, its isolation, […]
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Peru’s government has reopened an investigation into a controversial birth control programme of sterilisation. The announcement has brought fresh hope to the many women and men who feel their rights were violated. Read Article
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Unlike the glamorous girlfriends of drug dealers or criminals heads of cells seen in the television series, real-life women, mostly poor and uneducated, are serving sentences of 10 years in prison for carrying even small quantities of drugs. “These organized crime gangs recruit women precisely because they are subject vulnerable, less able to defend themselves,” […]
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The femicides increased dramatically in the Dominican Republic so far this year, and registered outweigh the intimate deaths in 2010 and unfortunately violent follow the pattern 2011 is expected to reach a figure record. According to statistics from the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (INACIF) in just eight months about 157 women were victims of […]
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Combating discrimination and sexist violence in Ecuador through the therapeutic value and denunciation of the cards is the goal of “Letters of Women,” a new project that encourages victims to write stories that reveal the severity of a scourge that has suffered 80% of women ever. “We want to show women’s voices are not normally […]
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During the first half of this year reported at least 277 cases of feminicio in Bolivia, said the Deputy Minister for Equal Opportunities, Ministry of Justice. Deputy Minister of Equal Opportunities, Costs Gardy, acknowledged that there is increased violence against women and to look for measures to counter this. That’s why we decided to perform […]
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Miryam Arabian recalled that after the tragedy in Hermosillo entire care network was revised Starting tomorrow, 41 new child care centers operate in the state to strengthen the network of care endorsed by the Ministry of Social Development (Sedesol) in Puebla serving a population of 12 000 children from 6 months to five years of […]
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As of Tuesday, a brand new cab service Will Be in the city operating, one geared Exclusively Towards women. May request to customers Female Fem Taxi At Any time, day or night, and travel Safely on the city’s streets. The Idea Came from the private sector, backed by But Being is the Secretariat for Women […]
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Human trafficking, also known as trafficking and exploitation of human beings, was hardly considered a crime when he entered the penal code in 2007.In July came into effect a new law that makes the research, who are responsible for the victim and the creation of special units, among other legal elements.Last spring, the City of […]
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An NGO in Rosario made a statistic based on femicides in the newspapers. There were 23 murders of women every month. In the province of Buenos Aires there were 65 events in Santa Fe, 21. Were between 14 and 44. The Institute for Legal and Social Studies of Women (undesirable-Woman), Rosario, recorded so far this […]
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It is estimated that breast cancer Argentina sum 17 000 cases a year and kills more than 5 000 women. These alarming figures transcend the world day to combat the disease.”In the world of breast cancer is one of the most common tumors in women and a leading cause of cancer death. It is considered […]
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Cali and Bogota top the list of cities with more crime partner, according to a report by the Institute of Legal Medicine. So far this year there have been seven cases each of these cities. Trends continue, the figure could be lower than last year. In 2010, the report of the National Reference Center on […]
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The perpetrator of a rape is a person known to the victim in 61% of cases, according to the Metropolitan Public Safety Observatory (CSOM). Of that percentage, 21% corresponds to an acquaintance, 9% to a relative, 7% for the stepparent, 5% of the bridegroom, 3% to the parent, and so on., As the 15 th […]
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Brazil’s National Advertising Council denied a request Thursday to ban a television ad featuring lingerie-clad supermodel Gisele Bundchen after a government agency called it sexist. “The stereotypes in this ad campaign are common in society, easily identifiable and do not denigrate women,” the council’s members said. Read Article
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In Mexico, “45 percent” of trafficking victims are indigenous girls, Rosi released Orozco, president of the Special Commission for Combating Trafficking in Persons, and Xavier Abreu Sierra, CEO of National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples (CDI), who expressed the urgent need for a comprehensive law to combat crime that robs children of more […]
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A Buenos Aires court ruled that the exchange of “words or messages and erotically charged fantasies” between a married man with a woman not his wife is only “virtual infidelity” and not adultery. A court found that the exchange of “words or messages and erotically charged fantasies” between a married man with a woman not […]
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The more than 15 000 women who attended the National Meeting of Women yesterday marched through downtown San Carlos Bariloche, venue of the meeting, and demanded the sanction of a law Congress that includes the abortion safe, legal and free.”There is no room for discussion of abortion or abortion do not, because society is mature […]
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According to the National Statistics Institute (INE), women over 45 years married to men younger than they have risen by 23% in 10 years. And although the figure is still marginal -478 cases in 1998 against 622 in 2008 – increasing aware of a phenomenon that is also replicated between cohabiting and revealing, according to […]
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In the city of Quito on Tuesday began a campaign against sexual harassment and Ecovía trolleybus system, where it has been more evident this type of aggression towards women. I want to walk quiet streets without harassment!, And called this campaign aims to eliminate sexual harassment that is manifested in street looks, phrases and groping. […]
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8 out of 10 women have been victims of violence at some time in Ecuador 21% of children and adolescents in Ecuador have been sexually abused ECUADOR | They call themselves ‘neomasculinos’ Youths fight sexism in Ecuador with pink helmets. Under the symbol of a Helmet Rosa, a group of j oung who call themselves […]
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In Chile, an average of 17 people are raped daily and 34 other victims of sexual abuse, according to a study released today by the Public Prosecutor (OTP), indicating that the 52 victims of these crimes leave daily, 38 are minors. During 2010, says the report, the income of reported sexual offenses skirted the 18 […]
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The Andean Parliament Hilaria Supa, Lima revealed that 75 000 women were immersed in prostitution in the past decade and in the interior of the country increased sexual exploitation of minors. She indicated that this figure is much higher at around the country and in locations where mining is established not only is there the […]
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Move beyond the Walls Campaign complaint filed with the national and international community the violation of fundamental rights to information,freedom of conscience, expression and the right to visit the political prisoners committed by the National Institute and Prison (INPEC) according to the following. For about two years the political prisoners held in the courtyard of […]
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Young people, workers, housewives, women who suffer every day with the sexist oppression took to the streets of Bethlehem to put their banners and their claims. Many men also wrote the act, showing that sexism is not a struggle of women against men, but a political struggle of all workers against the capitalist system. Altogether […]
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Argentina for five years (2003-2007), grew to more than eight percent a year, generating a wealth not seen since the beginning of democracy back in 1983, without redistributing it has reached those most in need which according to recent surveys more serious than over half the population of Argentina. A social situation that exists in […]
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Police records show that in Paraguay kidnapping is a crime that mostly affects women. With Dalia Scappini plagiarism, and are 25 women who were kidnapped in the last 10 years. Police investigators noted that this is because the bands of kidnappers prey on the weakness of their victims to catch them, and then submit them […]
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In 2010 the 285 homicides recorded Huila, 3540 cases of interpersonal violence, domestic violence reports 2123 and 415 cases of sexual violence, figures reveal a worrying picture in the Department. This was revealed by the Institute of Legal Medicine in the report ‘Forensis 2010’, under which last year there were 17,459 homicides in the country, […]
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The gap between women and men fell in Ecuador according to the results of the last national census of population and housing, whose data will be used to plan the development, it was learned today in this capital. The research, conducted by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses of Ecuador (INEC), states that people […]
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A total of 311 sexual assault cases have been reported in the country from January to August 18, according to records handled by the Institute for the Advancement of Women (ISDEMU). The figure is based on a consolidated care conducted by the National Civil Police, prosecutors and hospitals. Sexual assault is the second of violence […]
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New statistics relating to human sex trafficking in Tlaxcala, Mexico were revealed this week at a conference in Puebla called, “Citizen’s Forum for the Analysis and Enrichment of the State Strategy for Prevention, Combating and Punishment of Trafficking and Victim Protection,” reports impress.milenio.com. According to the report, there have been 54 preliminary investigations of trafficking […]
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The body of a 20-year-old pregnant woman who has been missing since Sunday was found last night in General Las Heras, Buenos Aires, reports telam.com.ar. The remains of Solange Vera were found by four men who were hunting in the area. According to forensic experts on site, the body appeared to have eight stab wounds […]
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Susana Banman dreads the dark. Since one terrible night in early 2009, she and her husband check the closets and lock newly installed window latches each night before going to sleep in their picturesque Mennonite community of Manitoba Colony, in the eastern lowlands of Bolivia. “Even still, I can’t sleep through the night,” says the […]
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From Parque Carabobo, Caracas, the head of the highest court said they are “firm, with more strength every day. Each day we will be more and more resolutely keeping the Venezuelan institutions, defending the public powers and carrying out our Constitution”. Read Article
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District attorney, Teresa Martínez, of Buenos Aires, is working today with authorities from Paraguay to repatriate 23 women that were rescued from a trafficking network outside of Buenos Aires over the weekend, according to abc.com.py. The victims from Peru and Paraguay, ranging from 30 to younger than 18-years-old, arrived in Argentina hoping to find honest […]
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The judicial system in Posadas, the capital city of Misiones, is deciding this week whether or not to allow a 14-year-old girl an abortion after she was raped and impregnated by her uncle, reports lanacion.com.ar. Misiones currently has no specific regulations regarding legal abortion procedures. The mother of the girl told reporters that her daughter […]
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The rate of murders, rapes and disappearances of female prostitutes in the context of the war against organized crime has increased at an alarming rate over the past few years, Vanguardia reports. Previously, the homicide rate of prostitutes was about 6 per year per state, about 190 to 250 in the entire country. However, in […]
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Around 15 Indians were injured by police forces during mining protests at the intersection of San Felix in the Ngobe Bugle region reported La Estrella. Those who were injured were mostly women, which the police shot with pellets ruthlessly. The indigenous groups are requesting medical reports to file a lawsuit against the national police responsible […]
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“Los Zetas”, a Mexican criminal group, allied with the Salvadorian coyote Jesus Ovidio Guardado to recruit women for prostitution informed El Mundo.com.sv. The coyote tricked the victims by promising safe passage to the United States when the actual plan was to sell the women to Enrique Jaramillo Aguilar, leader of one of the Zeta cells […]
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Between 2005 and 2009, the mortality rate for breast cancer decreased from 17.9 to 10.8 deaths for every 100,000 women ages 25 and older, El Sol de Mexico reports. The mortality rate for cervical-uterine cancer has also gone down, from 17.8 to 9.1 deaths per 100,000, according to the National Institute for Statistics and Geography […]
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A press conference was called today by the president of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Estela de Carlotto, after DNA results came back negative over the weekend that would have linked the Noble Herrera brother and sister to families of disappeared children during the dictatorship in the 70s and 80s. The Noble Herrera […]
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Felipe Calderon, president of Mexico, signed a decree that strengthens laws against human trafficking to halt the abuse of organized criminals reported El Punto Critico. Calderon is confident that the reform will help fight violence and save innocent people from the hell power of organized crime. The president also encouraged citizens to be weary of […]
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Pro-life organizations and the Consortium of Catholic Doctors lobbied the National Congress of Argentina this week against abortion after the president of the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) and the United Nations Organization proposed sexual and reproductive health legislation legalizing abortion, according to intereconomia.com. The IACHR presented a report to support their legislation claiming […]
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A 29-year-old designer from Buenos Aires has been missing since last Friday when she flew to Jujuy to sell some of her products, according to infobae.com. In an interview her brother gave with a local radio station, he confirmed that she had made it as far as Salta. She had sent e-mails and text messages […]
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In the wake of the ban of prostitution advertising, Argentine politicians like mayoral candidate in Gualeguaychú, Osvaldo Chesini, are calling for stronger action against sex trafficking, according to analisisdigital.com.ar. Chesini says locations that promote sex trafficking, especially whiskey bars, need to be closed down and that clear, immediate policies against the crime are the only […]
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A 22-year-old woman was assaulted and raped while waiting for the bus early yesterday morning just 3 blocks away from a police station in the Marqués de Sobremonte neighborhood of Córdoba, according to lavoz.com.ar. The attacker threatened the woman with a knife before dragging her 50 yards to a nearby garden to assault her. There […]
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Put into effect today, the federal government of Argentina has banned public advertising of prostitution, according to infobae.com. The command was published this morning in the Official Gazette. In an announcement at the Casa Rosada last night, President Kirchner said the new legislation is part of Argentina’s effort to combat sex trafficking. The law also […]
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ElComercio.com reports that recent cases of violence against women in Ecuador have created increased fear for Ecuadorian women. Officials say they do not have specific statistics about homicides of women in Ecuador, however 84 murders and assassinations were reported in Quito from January to April of 2011. Officials add that most violence against women occur […]
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An alley in the center of Mexico City was the successful center of a network of human trafficking and sexual slavery, CNN Mexico reports. An operation conducted on May 21, 2011 saw the arrest of Manuel and Armando Rodríguez Mejía, brothers who have overseen a successful prostitution and human trafficking ring for over 30 years, […]
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An investigation into a children’s home in rural Buenos Aires began 10 days ago after a mother filed a complaint with the Judicial Unit for Women and Children stating 2 of her daughters were raped and sexually abused during their time there, according to lavoz.com.ar. The family’s story begins years ago when the mother was […]
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ElUniverso.com reports that many “clinics” that offer a cure to homosexuality actually participate in the abuse and mistreatment of individuals under their care. This past Wednesday, June 22nd, Paola spoke in front of about 70 people in Quito describing her experience being taken from her home to one of these “clinics.” In many cases including […]
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A special report from cuatro.com television in Spain invertigats the business of trafficking women for sex from Paraguay to Europe, per abc.com.py. The interviewers talk with prosecutors, members of the business who have been arrested, reveal details of the business and visit Alto Paraná, Paraguay, one of the most dangerous places in the world. The […]
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The Human Rights Commission (CDHDF) with the National Women’s Institute (INMUJERES) of Mexico City are holding a series of discussions questioning current penitentiary regulations which allow newborns and children under six years of age to remain with their mothers in prison. There is no State budget for these children, however, and they therefore often live […]
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Mexico City’s Human Rights Commission (CDHDF) and civil society organizations are urging the Legislative Assembly to vote in a special session to establish legal provisions criminalizing femicide in Mexico City, as reported by El Mexicano. María de la Luz Estrada, from the National Citizens’ Observatory for Femicide (OCNF), called for reforms under the General Law […]
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A 37-year-old man was arrested in the neighborhood Bajo Yapeyú, Córdoba on charges of sexual abuse of a minor, according to lavoz.ar.com. The Division of the Protection of Persons called for the man’s arrest after suspecting he had taken advantage of the 15-year-old girl’s sexual immaturity. Read Article
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Hoy Veracruz reports: • Domestic violence is the number one cause of injury among Mexican women, over injuries sustained in robberies, accidents and rapes • Six of every ten women in Mexico have been subjected to some type of violence; in some cases, the assaults are fatal • In 2005, an estimated 2,159 women died […]
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A government committee met in Buenos Aires yesterday to present the Provincial Commission for the Prevention and Eradication of Human Trafficking, according to lavozdetandil.com. The main objective of the new Commission is that Buenos Aires government will make it their priority to persecute networks in the province that traffic and sexually exploit men, women and […]
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Different entities of Buenos Aires legislature held a debate at the beginning of the weekend that focused on the advertising of prostitution on the city streets by handing out small pamphlets depicting naked and half-naked prostitutes and how to contact them. It is difficult to make it more than a block or two in downtown […]
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In response to growing problems of sexual violence and human trafficking, El Economista reports that the Congress of the state of Querétaro approved reforms to the Penal Code to enforce a sentence of seven to 38 years in prison for persons convicted of human trafficking or sexual misconduct. Children and women in the poorest conditions […]
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Venezuelan opposition lawmakers Miguel Ángel Rodríguez and Carlos Berrizbeitia asked the Argentine Congress to launch an investigation to determine whether Venezuela s money has been used to fund the alleged humanitarian causes of the Foundation Mothers of Plaza de Mayo. Read Article
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In an agreement made yesterday at a United Nations conference in Geneva, Paraguay accepted recommendations to review abortion laws and indigenous rights proposed during the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in February, according to abc.com.py. During the most recent UPR, a basic examination of human rights issues that takes place every 4 years, it was suggested […]
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