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CHILE: Activists Press Candidates to Take a Stance on Women's Rights - IPS ipsnews.net - 0 views

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gender relations cultural change violence masculinity crime

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    Women's rights activist groups in Chile are urging presidential candidates to support women's rights. They want to further the progress they made during the the current government, and are urging all women to vote and take a stand during the presidential elections in December. Some of their prominent issues include the decriminalization of abortion, availability of emergency contraception, and legislature to prevent and rid Chile of violence against women and gender-related murders of women.
Shannon Coco

AIDS-Related Stigma: Anthropological Theory and Clinical Practice in Haiti - 0 views

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poverty racisim gender inequality haiti AIDS-related stigma

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  • Shannon Coco on 08 Sep 09
     
    in many countries hardest hit by HIV, the stigma of this disease is at least as powerful, if not more so, than in wealthy nations. Through the discussion of social and gender inequality, this article discusses the stigmas that are associated with AIDS and the anticipated harships that it creates. Also, I could not add a sticky note to this because it was a PDF
Kristen Palmer

After Machismo's Long Reign, Women Gain in Spain - washingtonpost.com - 0 views

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Women's Rights Gender Roles Government Gender Machismo

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  • Kristen Palmer on 15 Sep 09
     
    This article is from 2006, when Maria Teresa Fernandez was allowed to become a judge, which Spanish Law had previously banned. I think it relates to the course because, even though it is in Spain, the machismo culture still exists, and this demonstrates how women's rights are threatening the strength of the machismo culture.
Jackie Moran

Poverty Linked to the Feminisation of HIV / AIDS - 0 views

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AIDS_HIV machismo poverty religion sex education

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      Jackie Moran on 16 Sep 09
       
      This article relates to our course topics because it addresses the issue of HIV/AIDS in Latin America, specifically on how women are vulnerable toward receiving the disease. Various factors attribute to the women's vulnerability, such as poverty, machismo, and religion.
  • Jackie Moran on 16 Sep 09
     
    This article addresses the issue of HIV/AIDS in Latin America is becoming feminized due to socio-economic and gender inequalities. The concept of machismo increases the vulnerability of women to HIV/AIDS when combined with other factors such as poverty, unemployment, and illiteracy. There are roughly 1.8 million people in Latin America with HIV/AIDS, with women representing 25% of the infected population. The strong tradition of Catholicism stands in the way of education on sex and sexuality intended to prevent teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.
Jordan Costello

LATIN AMERICA: "Sexuality Is an Essential Part of Humanity" - IPS ipsnews.net - 0 views

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Reproduction Condoms Education Sexuality sexual intercourse

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      Jackie Moran on 16 Sep 09
       
      This article relates to our course because it talks about sexuality, and how it is part of human nature to express it. However, in Latin America, people are not able to express their sexual rights due to poverty, gender inequality, and inequality among social classes and ethnic groups.
  • "sexuality
  • reproduction.
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  • condoms
  • gender
  • sexual intercourse
  • Jordan Costello on 16 Sep 09
     
    it talks about the sex in latin america and the lack of sex education there. It talks about places in latin america where sex is very prevelant and it talks about solutions to help bring sex education to latin america.
Laura Donovan

LATIN AMERICA: Gender Stereotypes Still Firmly Entrenched, Despite Progress - IPS ipsn... - 0 views

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Masculinity Men (Gender Relations) (Cultural Change) Violence

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  • Laura Donovan on 03 Oct 09
     
    This article discusses the struggle to change women's roles in Latin American countries. The main portion of discussion addressing equality for women exist in a mainly academic atmosphere and there is a need to spread to a media more targeted in toward the general population. As long as the stereotypes of men and women remained unaddressed violence toward women and their expectations as only domestic beings will endure.
Courtney Connors

Guatemala's 'Femicide' Crisis (SB#4) - 0 views

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Violence War Feminism Masculinity Gender Femicide or Gendercide Corruption Gangs

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  • Her family has no idea why she was killed
  • violence against women - termed "femicide"
  • d by street ga
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  • sed by street gangs
  • being
  • against
  • Gang-related violence has increased sharply here in recent years, amid an increase in drug-trafficking activity.
  • females are often killed simply because of their gender.
  • raped and killed
  • She was only three-years-old
  • justice imposed by the state is non-existent
  • Those who dare challenge the power of men in Guatemalan society often pay with their lives and only two per cent of crimes against women are solved.
  • We are a society that has gotten used to death
  • Women are not seen as great contributors to the country, so violence against them seems to be acceptable
  • femicide is often carried out with "shocking brutality"
  • absence of state guarantees
  • In April 2008, Guatemala passed a law against femicide, which officially recognised it as a punishable crime
  • Courtney Connors on 18 Nov 09
     
    The article entitled "Guatemala's 'Femicide' Crisis" seeks to explain the implications of the unnecessary and brutal mass killings occurring amongst women in Guatemala mostly by male gangs. Because the killings have exceeded such an unusual extent, it has been deemed a "Femicide", otherwise known as a "Gendercide" or a genocide directed mainly against females. The ages of girls or women discussed in this article being raped, beaten, and murdered range from three year old toddlers to middle aged women. Not only do gangs of men perform these acts for no reason other to establish masculinity within their affinity groups. Moreover, the law enforcement agencies are so corrupt that it was said, "justice imposed by the state is non-existent" and "only two per cent of crimes against women are solved." This article seeks to establish the problem that is still going on even after the forty-year civil war while other chosen articles are determined to look for solutions.
Elcey Williams

RIGHTS-PARAGUAY: NGO Offers Girls a Way Out of Sexual Exploitation - IPS ipsnews.net - 0 views

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Prostitution Patriarchy Poverty Women's Rights Sex Gender Roles

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  • Elcey Williams on 16 Sep 09
     
    This source is about the widespread sexual exploitation of underage girls in Paraguay, and the systemic exploitation of women is closely related to how we construct our views of masculinity.
Laura Donovan

Male prostitutes and heterosexual HIV-1 spread in Latin America. - 0 views

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AIDS_HIV Homosexuality Prostitution Gender (Women's Rights)

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  • Laura Donovan on 16 Sep 09
     
    This article gives an overview of the origins of the AIDS pandemic in Latin America. It also discusses the need to monitor the male prostitution ring based on fact that their bisexual male partners often spread the disease to their heterosexual female partners. There is also a number of cases related to the use of infected needles and unsterile drug intake.
Jackie Moran

Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean / Issues and Analysis / Issues and Analysis... - 0 views

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      Jackie Moran on 16 Sep 09
       
      This article relates to our course because it discusses the issue of abortion in Latin America, and how the region has some of the most restrictive laws concerning the topic in the world. Many women's organizations are fighting to pass laws that will enable them to the right to safe and legal abortion
  • Jackie Moran on 16 Sep 09
     
    This article discusses how Latin America has some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world, and how women's organizations continue to fight for the right to safe and legal abortion. It is believed that to a certain extent, religion has influenced the criminalization of abortion. However, the women's movement in the region has made progress towards attaining the right to legal abortion.
Courtney Connors

Foreign Policy: Gays in Latin America: Is the Closet Half Empty? - 0 views

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Homosexuality Gay Rights Human Rights Political Movements Legislation

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  • The region is becoming gayer. It's not that there are more gays and lesbians living in Latin America (we would never know)
  • he region is becoming more gay-friendly
  • Latin America was the land of the closet and the home of the macho
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  • In 1998, Ecuador's new constitution introduced protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation. In 1999, Chile decriminalized same-sex intercourse. Rio de Janeiro's state legislature banned sexual-orientation discrimination in public and private establishments in 2000. In 2002, Buenos Aires guaranteed all couples, regardless of gender, the right to register civil unions. The policy changes just kept coming. In 2003, Mexico passed a federal antidiscrimination law that included sexual orientation. A year later, the government of Brazil initiated "Brasil sem homofobia" (Brazil without homophobia), a program with nongovernmental organizations to change social attitudes toward sexuality. In 2006, Mexico City approved the Societal Cohabitation Law, granting same-sex couples marital rights identical to those for common-law relationships between a man and a woman. Uruguay passed a 2007 law granting access to health benefits, inheritance, parenting, and pension rights to all couples who have cohabited for at least five years. In 2008, Nicaragua reformed its penal code to decriminalize same-sex relations. Even Cuba's authoritarian new president, Raúl Castro, has allowed free sex-change operations for qualifying citizen
  • regime change
  • homophobia
  • A recent survey in Brazil, the country with the largest gay-pride parades in the world, showed that 58 percent of respondents still agree with the statement, "Homosexuality is a sin against the laws of God," and 41 percent with "Homosexuality is an illness that should be treated."
  • Courtney Connors on 16 Sep 09
     
    This article proposes the idea that an increasing number of Latin American countries have become more acceptive of gay and lesbian ideals. Due to regime changes, the once "closeted macho" countries now welcome such legislation as protections against sexual discrimination; the decriminalization of same-sex intercourse; grants to health benefits, parenting, and so on in countries like Ecuador, Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, and NIcaragua.
leah williams

The Reformation of Machismo - 2 views

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Men Christianity Masculinity Faith Gender Relations

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    This article discusses the change that happens when Latino men convert to Evangelical Christianity, and the effects it has on women and family life. Because Evangelical beliefs consider drinking and partying is wrong, the man stays home with his family. Women also become more confidant of speaking out against their husbands to keep them in line, and not to fall back to their old ways. An interesting point that was made in the article was the relief that men felt when going away from their machismo ways- "In Colombia, machismo is, over the long run, very demanding and difficult for all under its sway, including the males who must perform this role"
Elizabeth Hughes

Rapture and Renewal in Latin America - 0 views

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Evangelical Pentecostal Cultural Change Gender Relations Christianity

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      Elizabeth Hughes on 01 Oct 09
       
      This article discussed the high rates of conversion to Evangelicalism in Latin America. The article also discusses how Evangelicalism/Pentecostalism has redefined Latin American communities. The communal worships and services have brought people of different classes, races, and ethnicities together. We can see here how Evangelicalism has not only changed people's behaviors and practices within the Latin American culture, but also how they interact with one another.
  • Elizabeth Hughes on 01 Oct 09
     
    This article discussed the high rates of conversion to Evangelicalism in Latin America. The article also discusses how Evangelicalism/Pentecostalism has redefined Latin American communities. The communal worships and services have brought people of different classes, races, and ethnicities together. We can see here how Evangelicalism has not only changed people's behaviors and practices within the Latin American culture, but also how they interact with one another.
Gabriela Torres

HERE IS YOUR NEW LIST OF TAGS - 48 views

Masculinity Christianity Evangelical Protestant Men Violence Venezuela Religion Urban Alcoholism Gender Relations Cultural Change Gangs Crime Substance Abuse Pentecostal Faith

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Kat Dunn

Gender and Alcohol Consumption and Alcohol-Related Problems in Latin America and the Ca... - 0 views

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Men Alcoholism Substance Abuse Violence Venezuela

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  • Kat Dunn on 05 Oct 09
     
    This article talks about the role of alcohol and substance abuse and its affects on Latin America and the Caribbean. Social, political, religious beliefs are all topics of this article as it talks about the problems and solutions of this important issue.
Mark Anderson

JUCONI - Fundación Junto con los Niños - 0 views

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Crime Faith Men Evangelical Masculinity Urban Alcoholism Gender Relations

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  • Mark Anderson on 05 Oct 09
     
    This organization is an NGO based in Mexico and in this case Ecudor, specifically to work with street children and their families. When I used to live in Ecuador I worked for this group for six months as a sort-of social worker. Working there I encountered many people matching the descriptions of those found in "Reason to Believe" chapter 1.
  • Mark Anderson on 05 Oct 09
     
    This organization is an NGO based in Mexico and in this case Ecudor, specifically to work with street children and their families. When I used to live in Ecuador I worked for this group for six months as a sort-of social worker. Working there I encountered many people matching the descriptions of those found in "Reason to Believe" chapter 1.
Morgan Foster

Men and Masculinities - 0 views

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Masculinity Men Gender Relations Cultural Change Violence

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  • Morgan Foster on 04 Oct 09
     
    This site contains an article based on the contemporary perspectives of men and masculinity in Latin American Countries. Detailing numerous countries like Brazil and Mexico, you can see the similarities and differences of what masculine identity is to each individual country or culture. "The materials analyzed are organized around the principal themes within which studies of masculinity in Latin America have been framed, namely the construction of masculine identity, fatherhood, practices and representations, homosocial spaces of masculinity, reproductive health, and masculine sexuality."
thomas hatley

Venezuela - MODERNIZATION, SOCIAL VALUES, AND RELIGION - 0 views

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Venezuela religion gender relations cultural change urban

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    An overview of the social roles of Venezuelan citizens, highlighting themes of urbanization and religion in a nation with rich supplies of natural oil reserves.
Mark Anderson

YouTube - 'City of Men' Trailer - 0 views

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Masculinity Evangelical Men Violence Urban Gender Relations Crime Gangs

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  • Mark Anderson on 05 Oct 09
     
    This is a movie that documents the life of two friends growing up poor in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. The themes presented in this film are common throughout Latin America.
  • Mark Anderson on 05 Oct 09
     
    This is a movie that documents the life of two friends growing up poor in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro. The themes presented in this film are common throughout Latin America.
Maya Ambroise

Masculinity in Christina Mexican Music, Carlos G. Navarro - 0 views

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masculinity Christianity gender relations faith cultural change & latin america

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  • Maya Ambroise on 04 Oct 09
     
    This is an essay written by a Professor of Anthropology about masculinity in Christian Mexican music
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