Posts Tagged ‘Mujeres’
Pintadillo con primitivo: women who preserve black tradition in Caquetá
Caquetá is thought of as an indigenous department, but it also has a black population. Many came to work as teachers in the 1980s, when coca was such a lucrative business that few wanted to do anything else and school teaching positions remained unfilled. Today, the Ubuntu Afro-Amazonian Women’s Network Foundation, made up largely of these teachers or their daughters, seeks to resist new threats from within its tradition.
Read MoreEquality in freedom: Free Women for a fairer criminal policy
Prisons are a reflection of society, and in a sexist society where women face structural inequalities, they suffer even more from the impacts of the prison crisis. But women are resisting, and through the work of organizations such as Mujeres Libres, there is hope that their rights will become a reality.
Read MoreAsk yourself: would you hire a d ex-combatant?
I asked people I knew what they thought and I realized that there was a gender difference. They told me “I would not hire a man. But I would hire a woman.”
Read MoreWomen and science
Women’s Day, which was celebrated on March 8th, is a good time to reflect on the stereotypes and discrimination that women continue to face and that must be overcome.
Read MoreCongress elections will be men’s business
A pesar de haber sido un aspecto clave del Acuerdo de paz firmado entre el Gobierno y las FARC, Colombia enfrenta un déficit frente a la participación política de las mujeres. Solo en la inscripción de candidatos al Senado, el 32.9% corresponden a mujeres.
Read MoreDejusticia weighs in on the Ministry of Justice´s proposal regarding differentiated penal treatment
We comment the proposed draft law on the Regulation of Differential Criminal Treatment for individuals associated with the cultivation of illicit crops and women linked to small-scale drug trafficking.
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