Special Updater on Violence Against Women in the Americas: Honduras: Violations of Womens’ Rights, Abortion in Argentina and Mexico, Gender in Workplace
By CIP Americas
Dear Friends, Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. As we take stock of the situation in the Americas several situations jump out. The first is the massive violations of women’s human rights in Honduras under the coup regime. In this Special Issue of the Updater we present the full [...]
Read more →Open Letter to the Secretary of State of the United States of America
November 19, 2009 The Honorable Hillary Clinton Department of State Washington, DC Dear Secretary Clinton, We are writing to you as a world leader in women’s rights. Your courageous track record on this issue has not only inspired hope among women everywhere, but also moved mountains to make an enormous difference in women’s lives. We [...]
Read more →Hearing on the Situation of the Rights of Women in Honduras Within the Framework of the Coup
By iachroas
Feministas en Resistencia was born on the same day as the coup, June 28, when a large number of women gathered at the home of the president to protest the coup. Although they were driven away with bullets and tear gas, they returned to meet again the following day, outraged at what had happened. The [...]
Read more →Perils of Plan Mexico, Mexico’s Crisis, Citizens Fight New Structural Adjustment, Mapuche Struggle, Biodiversity Report, Human Rights in Oaxaca
By CIP Americas
CALL FOR TRANSLATORS Dear Friends, I want to thank all of you out there who volunteer your time to translate our articles. You’re a vital part of the Americas Program and your great work has enabled us to expand this North-South dialogue, while making it possible to reduce our costs at this difficult time. We’re [...]
Read more →Gender in the Workplace
By torralba
By Fabiola Torralba Note: On June 5-7, the Maquila Social Forum was held to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras, a workers’ organization that has fought in defense of labor rights for two decades. There was reason for celebration—the coalition has not only managed to survive a downturn marked [...]
Read more →Mexico’s Abortion Laws: A Step Backward for Women’s Rights
By robinowitz
On Nov.16, 2009 the legislature of the Mexican coastal state of Veracruz passed a law declaring that life begins at conception and ends at natural death. Veracruz now becomes the 17th state in Mexico to criminalize abortion in a string of hotly contested and reactive measures set off by Mexico City’s April 2007 legalization of [...]
Read more →Perils of Plan Mexico: Going Beyond Security to Strengthen U.S.-Mexico Relations
I have been a political analyst and writer in Mexico for the past two decades. I’m also a mother faced with the challenge of raising children there. As a human rights advocate and a mother, today I speak to you, frankly, with a great sense of urgency. Mexico is the United States’ closest Latin American [...]
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