Women's Polo Argentina crowned champions in first Women’s Polo World Cup 18-04-2022 12:24 Argentina secures Women's Polo World Cup title title with a convincing win over the United States at the Campo Argentino de Polo in Buenos Aires.
FOOTBALL & INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Women’s football in Argentina: feminism takes to the field 11-03-2022 11:11 Women’s football is a growing phenomenon in Argentina – but there’s still much more room for growth. by Sol Muñoz
International Women's Day Thousands of people rally to mark International Women's Day 08-03-2022 21:36 Thousands take to the streets across Argentina to demonstrate on International Women's Day and call for end to violence against women.
BOOKS & LITERATURE Latin America's women writers ride wave of acclaim 29-11-2021 13:30 From Uruguay to Mexico, Argentina to Ecuador, women writers from across Latin America are enjoying growing acclaim after years of marginalisation by an industry they say has long favoured male authors.
LGBTQ RIGHTS Annual Pride March hails progress, calls for more rights laws 07-11-2021 08:54 Thousands of people celebrated the progress made in Argentina by LGBTQ and women's rights groups on Saturday as the annual Pride March returned to the streets of downtown Buenos Aires.
SEXUAL ABUSE IN SPORT Venezuelan footballers denounce sexual abuse by former coach 06-10-2021 09:51 Twenty-four of Venezuela's top football players denounce alleged sexual abuse by their former coach Kenneth Zseremeta, whom they describe as a "monster" in a statement posted on social media.
BLOOMBERG Gender quotas fail to boost women in Latin American politics 14-09-2021 13:22 The progress of women in politics has stalled in one of the world's most economically unequal places.
Taliban takes Afghanistan Distrust remains as some women return to work under Taliban 01-09-2021 13:43 Some women, particularly those in the health and education sectors, say they have continued to go to work in the weeks since the Islamist militants took over Kabul on August 15.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS Argentina’s women left behind in post-pandemic jobs recovery 31-08-2021 13:23 As Argentina’s economy recovers from last year’s crash, young men who lost their jobs are being re-hired at a much faster pace than young women.
Taliban takes Afghanistan Khalida Popal, saving Afghanistan's women footballers one player at a time 27-08-2021 01:59 Since the first women's teams started emerging about 15 years ago, football has grown rapidly in Afghanistan. But it all disappeared overnight when Kabul fell to the Taliban.
Taliban takes Afghanistan Afghan women's rights in firing line as Taliban return to power 16-08-2021 10:22 Under the hardline version of sharia law that the Taliban imposed the last time they controlled the capital, women and girls were mostly denied education or employment.
BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO Diverse Olympians seize stage in Bolsonaro's Brazil 09-08-2021 15:47 A diverse group of Brazilian Olympians seized the stage in Tokyo, claiming the most medals in the country's history – and winning hearts back home.
OLYMPICS: TOKYO 2020 (in 2021) Las Leonas secure silver medal for Argentina in Tokyo 06-08-2021 14:12 Argentina’s women’s hockey side beaten by the Netherlands in Olympic medal match, a re-run of London 2012 final.
WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION 'Albañilas' – the female builders in Argentina breaking down barriers 07-07-2021 13:35 An increasing number of women construction groups are operating in Argentina, debunking the myth that building is a man's job.
WORK IN ARGENTINA INDEC: Women in Argentina earned 25% less than men over past year 03-07-2021 13:35 Not only did women earn less but there were less women earning, while male employment remained stable.
ALBERTO TO EUROPE (AGAIN) Fernández to visit Paris for UN gender equality summit 21-06-2021 12:02 President Alberto Fernández will visit Paris for the second time in two months to attend a United Nations summit on gender equality, according to weekend reports.
SOCIETY Almost 5% of girls under 18 in Argentina are married or living with a partner 29-05-2021 11:04 Around 230,000 girls under 18 nationwide are either married or living with a partner, according to new research. Latin America is the region with the fastest-growing child marriages in the world. by Clara Fernández Escudero
KEY VOTE IN CHILE Chileans opt for 'outsiders' to draft post-Pinochet constitution 17-05-2021 10:04 Chile votes for members of a new 155-member body to draft new constitution. President Sebastián Piñera says outcome of election shows his government and political parties are not "attuned to the demands and aspirations of citizens."
FOOTBALL AFA women's youth coach accused of sexual harassment 08-05-2021 00:18 Group of players allege a youth team coach currently employed by AFA sexually harassed players, some as young as 14, for years. FIFPRO calls on football officials to remove alleged abuser from post.
UNITED KINGDOM Women hit back at safety advice after London disappearance 12-03-2021 12:58 Women hit back at safety advice from authorities after 33-year-old Sarah Everard disappeared when walking home through South London on March 3. A serving Metropolitan Police officer from the elite diplomatic protection unit has been arrested on suspicion of her kidnap and murder.
International Women's Day Demonstrators defy virus restrictions to attend Women's Day rallies 09-03-2021 08:49 Thousands of women marched in Argentina, which has seen a wave of femicide that has claimed on average one life per day so far this year.
WOMEN'S RIGHTS Brutal murders in rural Venezuela highlight violence against women 08-03-2021 14:41 Human rights activists are warning that the Covid-19 pandemic has worsened gender-related violence in Venezuela, with 256 femicides in 2020, compared to 167 in 2019.
'STERLISATIONS' SCANDAL 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.
HUMAN RIGHTS 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.
Global pandemic Amid virus, a shadow pandemic for domestic abuse sufferers 05-03-2021 02:08 From Argentina to Singapore, virus-induced confinement has caused an increase in violence cases and their severity and made it more difficult to report abuses and help victims, activists say.
GENDER VIOLENCE Venezuelans protest femicide after three women murdered in a week 28-02-2021 07:41 Hundreds of Venezuelans protested Saturday following the murders of three young women last week, in a rally against femicide in the troubled nation.
WOMEN’S FOOTBALL Covid-ravaged Argentina slump to defeat in SheBelieves Cup 20-02-2021 07:19 Albiceleste women’s side loses 4-1 to Brazil in opener. Preparations for the game were rocked just hours before kick off after four players tested positive for Covid-19.
Coronavirus Pandemic 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.
Venezuela 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.
WOMEN'S FOOTBALL Boca thrash River to claim Argentina's inaugural women's pro football title 20-01-2021 08:07 Boca Juniors thrash arch-rivals River Plate 7-0 to claim inaugural professional women's football championship title.
ABORTO LEGAL Es ley: Abortion becomes legal in Argentina 16-01-2021 08:39 Campaigners celebrate culmination of a decades-long fight, as President Alberto Fernandez signs Congress-approved bill into law.
ABORTION REFORM Feminist ‘green tide’ delivers legal abortion in Argentina 02-01-2021 08:15 Argentina’s “marea verde” has helped deliver sweeping abortion reform in one of Latin America’s most Catholic countries.
Abortion bill 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 RIGHTS 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.
GENDER VIOLENCE Groundbreaking gender violence initiative sees victim handed ex-partner’s job 28-11-2020 08:19 In a groundbreaking ‘reparations’ ruling advance hailed by campaigners, a local council in La Pampa has awarded 34-year-old Valeria Juárez her former partner’s job as compensation for years of abuse. by Nick Evans
Global pandemic Pandemic inflames gender violence against women 23-11-2020 15:58 No country has been spared the coronavirus epidemic, nor the scourge of domestic violence, which has surged during lockdowns as the day marking such violence approaches on Wednesday.
ABORTION BILL Activists revive struggle for 'urgent' legalisation of abortion in Argentina 31-10-2020 09:15 Campaigners for the legalisation of abortion call on supporters to paint Argentina green; President Alberto Fernández says bill is on the way.
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW 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
Death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg 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.
GENDER EQUALITY Brazil announces equal pay on national football teams 03-09-2020 00:12 Brazil's football federation announced on Wednesday it will pay men and women the same amount for representing the national team, one of the few countries to make such a pledge.
WOMEN'S RIGHTS Brazil expands requirements for abortion in rape cases 30-08-2020 09:54 Brazil expanded its requirements Friday for rape victims seeking an abortion, including a rule that medical staff must tell the woman she can see the embryo or foetus via ultrasound.
CATHOLIC CHURCH Pope Francis names six women to Vatican economic council 07-08-2020 14:32 Women will serve as lay experts on the 15-member body, which also includes eight cardinals and another male lay expert, the Vatican said in a statement.
Global pandemic 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.