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‘Warmi pollerada’ is an initiative that seeks to revalue the use of the pollera, the pleated skirt characteristic of the cholitas of Bolivia, with indigenous women that form a network of “ambassadors” of tourism, while working to “get stuffed up”” and improve your self-esteem through experiences and workshops. “We empower women through clothing and tourism, […]
Tag: Women
Female representation in world parliaments lost pace and benchmarks in 2023
In 2023, the proportion of women parliamentary membership grew only 0.4% globally, standing at 26.9%, the lowest increase in the last six years, also accompanied by the resignations of several high-level leaders, according to a report published this Tuesday by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). The report “Women in parliament 2023” The departure from the political […]
France includes the right to abortion: keys and what the laws say in the world
France is the first country to explicitly register the abortion in its Constitutionalthough there were other nations that introduced it or indirectly prohibited it in their Magna Carta. The French initiative advocates shielding in its article 34 the “guaranteed freedom of women to resort to voluntary termination of pregnancy” (IVE). This is “the first explicit […]
World Bank: equality between men and women is a distant goal
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The economic parity between men and women It is still a very distant objective that no country, not even those with more advanced economies, has achieved, according to the most recent report from the World Bank (WB) on Women, business and legislation. In this edition, the WB took into account broader criteria than it had […]
Getting sanitary towels, a monthly headache for Cuban women
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Ensuring enough feminine sanitary pads for the menstrual period has become a real headache for Cuban women in recent months. With the persistent crisis that plagues the country, more than three million Cuban women have to “invent” every month due to the shortage of this essential product, which has disappeared from state pharmacies and is […]
Hormone secreted by the fetus causes nausea during pregnancy, study says
A hormone secreted by the fetus is linked to the nausea and vomiting that many women suffer during pregnancyaccording to a study that opens a way to treat these discomforts. Nausea and vomiting affect one in ten pregnancies and one in every 100 women has severe symptoms. This discomfort called “hyperemesis gravidarum”HG) is the most […]
Women make up half of the world’s migrants, according to a report by Jesuit NGOs
The number of migrant women exceeded that of men for the first time last year, according to a report prepared by the NGO Jesuits Alboan and Entreculturas, whose digital version was presented this Monday in Madrid. With the title ‘Invisibilized: migrant women in the clash of borders’, this work seeks to raise awareness of the […]
New test to detect uterine cancer reduces most false positives
A new, simple test detects uterine cancer without having to perform 90% of the surgical processes that are now used to diagnose it, in addition to reducing false positives, maintains a study by Austrian researchers. “With this easy-to-perform test, many women with suspected uterine cancer could avoid very stressful hysteroscopies and biopsies in the future”says […]
Seven out of ten women are responsible for unpaid household chores
Recently, the economist Claudia Goldin she became the third woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics for her studies on the evolution of women in the labor market, wage gaps and the challenges they currently face. Thus, Goldin describes that there was no ascending growth, but rather a ‘U’ shape (See graph), where according […]
Anne L’Huillier, the fifth woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics in more than 100 years
The French physicist Anne L’Huillier has today become the fifth woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize of Physics in the more than one hundred years of history since these awards began to be granted, which have recognized more than two hundred men. Anne L`Huillier has today been recognized with the Nobel Prize along with […]