News of women

Peru's victims of 'forced sterilisations' hope for Fujimori apology

07-03-2021 08:28 Court proceedings against Alberto Fujimori, for a programme blamed for forcibly sterilising thousands of poor women, has generated hope among victims that justice will finally be served in Peru.

Slow justice for women abused by Chile's dictatorship

05-03-2021 12:22 More than 40,000 people were tortured and another 3,200 were murdered or disappeared in the 17 years of Augusto Pinochet's regime (1973-1990), which savaged women, making them victims of aberrant methods of torture specially focused on sexual violence.

Pandemic has hit LatAm women's employment hard, says report

11-02-2021 16:43 According to a UN report published on Wednesday, the pandemic could set women back ten years in terms of employment rate.

In crisis-hit Venezuela, maternity wards have become death traps

29-01-2021 17:31 With seven years of back-to-back recession and the highest inflation in the world, Venezuela's hospitals are creaking skeletons of their former selves, and the effects on maternity wards can be devastating.

Amnesty gathers 250,000 signatures for legal abortion in Argentina

17-12-2020 19:29 Ahead of the Senate vote on legalising abortion in Argentina, Amnesty International collected signatures in support of the bill from numerous countries, including Brazil, Canada, Taiwan, and Britain.

Trans footballer Mara Gómez makes history with women's league debut

09-12-2020 09:58 Footballer Mara Gómez makes history, becoming first transgender player to play a match in Argentina's women's championship.

Virginia García Beaudoux: ‘Feminism makes diversity visible’

19-09-2020 08:59 Professor, advocate, author and communications specialist Virginia García Beaudoux has been studying sexism in politics since the late 1990s. In an interview with the Times, she discusses female leadership, diversity, prejudice and more.

by Anina Hoffman

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

18-09-2020 21:07 Champion of women's rights and United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died from complications of pancreatic cancer, according to the court.

Peru says over 900 girls, women feared dead since pandemic began

28-07-2020 00:15 A staggering 900-plus girls and women are missing and feared dead in Peru since Covid-19 confinement began, according to officials.

Domestic abuse victim who killed her husband demands justice

29-04-2020 14:00 Paula Córdoba suffered 20 years of domestic abuse, and killed her husband in 2019 with her daughter’s help, stabbing him 185 times in the process. She's now free, but she feels like the State has abandoned her, she explains.

by Nadia Galán

Thousands rally to demand gender equality in National Feminist Strike

09-03-2020 22:48 Demonstrators call for legal and free abortion, gender-pay equality, and end to gender violence during two days of rallies across the country.

Body of missing 25-year-old woman found dead in Paraná

09-03-2020 14:24 The body of 25-year-old Fátima Acevedo, who had been missing since March 1, was found in a well on Sunday in the provincial capital on Entre Ríos.

Plenty to ponder on International Women’s Day

07-03-2020 09:25 A quilt with room for more than tomorrow’s two marches: Femicide is worse than ever with one every 23 hours as against every 29 hours as recorded in last March’s editorial, with the post mortem indignities of last weekend’s murder in Catamarca adding a new dimension of horror.

Argentina braces anew for abortion battle

05-03-2020 07:00 In his first speech to Congress upon the arrival of a new legislative session, Alberto Fernández vowed to begin a project to legalise abortion in the coming weeks. Campaigners on both sides are preparing for another showdown.

Femicide in Argentina every 23 hours in first two months of 2019

02-03-2020 12:26 In the first two months of 2020, 63 femicides occurred in Argentina. In 49% of them, the aggressor was in a relationship with the victim.

Feminists continue struggle for women's rights in Latin America

27-02-2020 16:36 As President Alberto Fernández prepares to send an abortion reform bill to Congress, Latin America's feminists are continuing to mobilise across the continent in their fight for women's rights.

Government will seek to legalise abortion with bill, Gómez Alcorta confirms

10-02-2020 14:36 Women, Gender, and Diversity Minister Elizabeth Gómez Alcorta reiterates that government will seek to do more than just decriminalise the procedure when it eventually sends a bill to Congress.

Ecuador president criticised for comments about women

03-02-2020 11:25 President Lenín Moreno apologised for his comments, citing that he never meant to minimize issues surrounding rape or femicide.

Buenos Aires confirmed as host of 2020 Women Economic Forum

17-10-2019 08:00 The annual gathering of over 1,000 people to discuss women's economic opportunity and empowerment will take place in Argentina's capital next year.

Macri promises new gender violence measures as femicides mount up

02-10-2019 14:33 President vows "concrete measures" as part of re-election campaign. Announcement comes a day after MuMalá feminist organisation reveals there has been a femicide every 32 hours in Argentina since the turn of the year.