Tens of thousands marched in Buenos Aires during the International Women’s Strike, denouncing gender violence, inequality and government policies.

Brazil´s judiciary has ordered the confessed killers of councilwoman Marielle Franco to compensate her widow, Mônica Benicio, nearly eight years after the assassination that shocked the southern nation. On Tuesday, February 11, the Rio de Janeiro Court of Justice ruled that Ronnie Lessa and Elcio Vieira de Queiroz, convicted in October 2024 for the femicide […]

Jorge Volpi’s Las elegidas is not a novel that comforts; it is one that confronts. In just over 150 pages, Volpi plunges into the darkest corners of Mexican society — the world of human trafficking, sexual exploitation, and systemic violence — and transforms it into a poetic narrative that is as haunting as it is […]

Activists denounced that sexual violence against incarcerated women is also loaded with class and racial discrimination. On Wednesday, Sociologist Heidy Mieles denounced that sexual violence against women has become “a currency of exchange” in Ecuadorian prisons. RELATED: Wildfires in Ecuador’s Capital Force Dozens of Families to Evacuate “Sexual violence is not just about the satisfaction […]

On Tuesday, Jamaica established new provisions to expand protection against gender-based violence, a step that was welcomed by the UN because it should help prevent and combat this evil. RELATED: West Indies University staff activates strike in Jamaica The amendments introduced to the Domestic Violence Law were adopted by the Government and provide for actions […]