New Readings on Women's Movements and Women's Rights in Latin America

Latin American Politics and Society;  July 1, 2003 ;   Richards, Patricia;   787 words ......Kampwirth, eds. Radical Women in Latin America: Left and Right. University...45, paperback $19.95. In Latin America, as elsewhere, women activists have worked toward...left and right, Radical Women in Latin America represents an important...

GENDER EQUALITY IN EDUCATION IN LATIN AMERICA DESPITE POVERTY.(Brief...

WIN News;  June 22, 1999 ;     697 words ......afford to waste. LATIN AMERICA: BIRTH RATE DROPS DUE TO GAINS OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS UN WIRE...in many regions. Women in Latin America average slightly...and emphasizing women's basic well-being. Women in Latin America have gained substantially...

Roundup: Women entrepreneurship thrives in Latin America

Xinhua News Agency;  June 6, 2008 ;     756 words ......women entrepreneurship in Latin America. Women's social status in Latin...in Latin America. In 1990, women in Latin America earned the equivalent of...In addition, more and more women in Latin America have engaged themselves in...

Women and Politics in Latin America / Women and Democracy: Latin America...

Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs;  July 1, 2000 ;   Hipsher, Patricia;   787 words ...Craske, Nikki. Women and Politics in Latin America. New Brunswick: Rutgers...Sharon L. Wolchik, eds. Women and Democracy: Latin America and Central and Eastern...organizing principle for most women in Latin America. With their emphasis on...

Dear friends, colleagues and subscribers,.(mujeres en Latino América)(TA:...

Hemisphere;  January 1, 1999 ;   Gamarra, Eduardo A.;   537 words ......other abuses against women in Latin America and the Caribbean...domestic violence in Latin America, while Korey Capozza...writing the history of women and other traditionally...democratization in Latin America has been a good thing for women. Noting the uneven...

Women in Latin America and the Caribbean.(Review)

Journal of World History;  March 22, 2001 ;   CLELAND, JOEL S.;   787 words ...Women in Latin America and the Caribbean. By MARYSA NAVARRO...29.95 (cloth); $11.95 (paper). Women in Latin America and the Caribbean by Marysa Navarro...scholars interested in the history of women in Latin America. Because the text is clearly written...

Latin America Sees Increase in Number of Women Executives.(Knight...

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  February 13, 2000 ;   Moreno, Jenalia;   787 words ......decisions?' With so few women in management, men in Latin America tend to feel uncomfortable...to the corner office, women in Latin America are breaking through barriers...Harvard study found that women in Latin America earn 20 to 40 percent...

Women's Movements in International Perspective: Latin America and Beyond....

Journal of Development Studies;  October 1, 2002 ;   Willis, Katie;   787 words ......together her work on women's movements in Latin America, but also in...chapter 'Analysing Women's Movements...studies from Latin America: nineteenth century...possibilities for women's emancipation...to gender in Latin America complete the...

LATIN AMERICA: WOMEN STILL JUST SEX AND SOAP IN ADVERTISING

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  April 29, 1998 ;   Daniel Gatti;   577 words ......Advertising in Latin America has failed to keep up with women's changing role...president of the Women's Studies Center...creation in Latin America of entities...with respect to women than what is...publicity in Latin America," said Carlos...

LATIN AMERICA: WOMEN ASSESS PROGRESS, BARRIERS

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  July 13, 2004 ;     787 words ......example of gains women have made in political power in Latin America, some of which...Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean...drew hundreds of women from Bolivia, Ecuador...legislative bodies in Latin America. The illiteracy...still ...

STATE DEPT.: U.N. STUDY SAYS GROWING NUMBER OF WOMEN EMPLOYED IN LATIN...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  March 3, 2006 ;     762 words ......in domestic service in Latin America is that many women from medium- and high...force. About half of the women employed in Latin America in 2003 were in the "informal...social protection. Most women in Latin America over age 65 have no retirement...

Deere, Carmen Diana, and Magdalena Leon Empowering Women: Land and...

History: Review of New Books;  June 22, 2002 ;   Rapone, Anita;   445 words ......continuing inability of women in Latin America to acquire and control land...impact on the tendency of women in Latin America to acquire and control land...substantially reduced in Latin America unless women's organizations mobilize...

Despite a decade of progress, women in Latin America face conservative...

AP Worldstream;  June 10, 2004 ;   MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press Writer;   756 words ......Dateline: MEXICO CITY Women in Latin America and the Caribbean...says laws covering women's rights have changed for the better in Latin America. But economic liberalization...been positive for the women of Latin America and the Caribbean...

RIGHTS-LATIN AMERICA: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN LARGELY UNREPORTED

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  November 26, 2004 ;   Diego Cevallos;   787 words ......Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean's (ECLAC) Women and Development Unit...percent of girls and women in Latin America and the Caribbean are...cases of violence against women in Latin America are in Guatemala and...

LATIN AMERICA-WOMEN: INAUDIBLE VOICE OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  September 4, 1996 ;   Zoraida Portillo;   787 words ......the indigenous women of Latin America have cultural...replicated for women in many other marginal areas of Latin America. In Latin America...affecting indigenous women in Peru and Latin America in one word: marginality. Women are ...