More women in USA have turned to pills to abort in the last year despite the efforts of states with Republican governments to limit access, according to a study released this Tuesday. The Guttmacher Institute, an organization that analyzes the abortion situation, indicated that the 63% of all abortions last year were the result of […]
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Sterilization is the contraceptive most used by women in Venezuela
28% of the women who use contraceptives Venezuela have opted for female sterilization, which makes this method the most used by Venezuelan women, according to a study carried out by the Andrés Bello Catholic University (UCAB) in 2023, the results of which were presented this Wednesday. “Female sterilization remains the most frequently reported method of […]
Colombia: female miners on the hunt for the coveted emerald that will change their lives
Hundreds of meters deep, in tunnels dug into the earth that reach where water is scarce. oxygen and the heat is so stifling that it is nauseating, the hammers drill in search of something green that shines. The hands that hold those tools are those of a group of 200 women Colombian women who make […]
The pink tax stirs feelings in India, seen as gender prejudice
The additional cost paid by women for products with the same size and quantity with respect to their versions for men, known as the pink tax, stirred feelings in India this Wednesday with a business leader calling for a boycott of products. The invisible tax falls on feminine hygiene items, such as deodorants, disposable razors […]
One in three women in Latin America wants to start a business, according to a GEM report
One third of the women of Latin America wants to start and set up her own business, but is having difficulties obtaining financing, according to data from the latest Female Entrepreneurship report from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), considered the most prestigious and extensive study on the state of entrepreneurship worldwide. Latin America and the […]
“Poverty globally has a woman’s face,” remembers António Guterres
The secretary general of the UN, Antonio Guterresrecalled this Monday that “the poverty “They generally have the face of a woman.”while among those in charge of combating it there is an overwhelming male majority: 8 out of 10 finance ministers and more than 9 out of 10 central bank governors are men. Guterres thus drew […]
Unemployment and job insecurity have a woman’s face
Economic data are one of the many bridges to understand gender gaps in Peru. From the serve, not only is there a lower participation of the women in the employed population, but they are also the most immersed in underemployment. 55% of the female workforce does not work a full weekly working day and/or earns […]
Only 25% of women in India have access to the workforce
One in four women in the India has the capacity to generate income, which places the country among those with the least female participation in the workforce, revealed this Friday a study prepared by the Minister of Commerce and Investment of the Spanish Embassy in India, Cristina Montiel. The study presentation event, held at the […]
Gang violence worsens conditions for women in Haiti, says UN
The UN warned this Friday of the deterioration of the living conditions of the women and the girls in Haiti, due to gang violence, which has forced the displacement of thousands of civilians, mostly women, and greatly hindered access to basic social services, further worsening the precarious situation in this country. “Today, too many women […]
‘Warmi empollerada’, combines tourism and self-esteem to “empollerada” women in Bolivia
‘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, […]