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Jackie Moran

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

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      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
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    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.
janegelb

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

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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

Dissident Voice : The Struggle for Women's Equality in Latin America - 0 views

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    A radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and justice. Due to religious influences and beliefs, women do not have the rights to their bodies by law, so they seek alternative methods to have abortions, with a large number resulting in death. Similar to our discussion of sexual education in schools, the 'reality' does not match up with what is taught in schools (especially Catholic ones). Instead of being proactive and preventative, abstinence is taught. iolence against women is coming to the forefront as a major concern in Latin America. Termed "femicide," violence against women by men because they are women is a poor result of the hierarchy of the cultural society in Latin America. Machismo and masculinity influence men to feel that they must act this way from a young way in order to exert their power and strength, but it is unacceptable. This article also discusses women's movements and their fight for equal rights as well as rights to maternity leave and other aspects that women who work must take into account.
Morgan Foster

International Family Planning Perspectives - 0 views

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    This article presents the approximate levels of induced abortion in six Latin American countries- Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Peru. Through calculated data on the hospitalization of women's abortion complications, an estimated 550,000 women are hospitalized a year. To read more about the complications and calculations go here!
Shannon Coco

Population Council | Americas | Latin America and the Caribbean - 0 views

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    By giving women the tools and knowledge about their reproductive rights and options for contraception, abortions, and knowledge about diseases, this Council attempts to empower them through increased safety and awareness of women's health services.
Liza Detenber

Machismo - Bibliography - 0 views

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    This website offers an in-depth definition of machismo, how it was constructed and how it affects feminism. This article also explores the causes of the "Macho man". Mostly however, this article discusses the affects of the "Machismo" on women's identities over the years.
Kristen Palmer

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

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    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.
Sophie Bergelson

Sex ed book causes commotion in Mexico - KTKA.com - 0 views

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    Here is a news video about new sex education books being distributed to schools in Mexico City. Students were glad to get the books that had real answers to their questions about sex and sexuality, as well as information about women's rights, domestic violence, and respect for different sexualities. Church groups and a parents association are strongly against the new book, and one member claimed that it "promotes death."
Sam Obstfeld

The Giving Chain - Forbes.com - 0 views

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    This article describes a non-profit organization named CARE, which focuses on "fighting world poverty by improving the lives of women and girls around the globe" (and in this article's case, in Guatemala). In the past 3 years, the program started in a village in Guatemala has resulted in vast improvements in women's empowerment there.
Morgan Foster

Women's Social Movements in Latin America - 0 views

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    This article depicts women in Latin America who are involved with the current day social movements. It provides us with information regarding the leading participants in the social movements and exactly what the social movements are. Some of them focus on human rights and collective consumption like the cost of living.
SamanthaAndreacchi

Punished for Abortion in Mexico | Human Rights Watch - 0 views

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    An audio clip of a woman telling her story of her illegal abortion and the repercussions it had on her body and her presence within her society. Again, we see the struggle between the religion of Mexico and the push for women's rights.
SamanthaAndreacchi

BBC NEWS | Americas | Abortion legalised in Mexico City - 0 views

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    Bold move for Mexico due to its strong, cultural foundation in the Roman Catholic Church. Here, we watch as the religious opposes the social and vice versa. It's women's rights vs. Roman Catholic doctrine.
Sophie Bergelson

Southern Mexico Works to Improve Women's Rights - 0 views

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    This article talks about several groups that work to improve the rights of indigenous women in southern Mexico. Their efforts include informing women of their legal rights, giving them job training and help finding a job, and providing them with shelter if they want to leave their homes because of domestic violence.
Morgan Somer

Women's eNews - Illegal Abortions Rampant in Latin America - 0 views

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      Written by a feminist news group called Women's E-News, this article highlights widespread illegal abortion throughout Latin America, particularly in Chile and Peru. Although based around women, the article talks about the limits on access to contraception in Latin America, and the fears surrounding contraception circulating through the modern Latin American man.
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    This article-out of a feminist news group called Women's E-News-highlights widespread illegal abortion throughout Latin America, particularly in Chile and Peru. Although based around women, the article talks about the limits on access to contraception in Latin America, and the fears surrounding contraception circulating through the modern Latin American man.
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    This artical talks about abortions and where it is prohibited and allowed. It talks about women and how abortions in latin america are considered immoral and looked down upon, which in turn leads women to getting abortions illagaly.
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    In Latin America five thousand women die from underground abortions every year. The article explains that women who consider having an abortion could end up being convicted since it is illegal and shunned upon. Despite these legal risks Latin America continues to experience abortion rates that are much higher than the majority of countries where it is legal.
Shannon Coco

AIDS in Latin America -- A special report;In Deception and Denial, an Epidemic Looms - 0 views

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  • Flourishing amid sexual promiscuity, hypocrisy and haphazard prevention, Latin America's AIDS epidemic is on its way to surpassing that of the United States
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  • ising infection rates among Latin American women, a fact that doctors attribute to a propensity for homosexual and heterosexual affairs by men and a traditional reluctance to discuss these with their wives
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      This reminded me of when Gutmann discussed how men classified their sexuality on questionnaires. Some claimed to be "heterosexual" despite having sex with other men because they were the ones doing the penetrating. This logic baffled me and I was shocked to hear the reasoning, but yet I believe it to be driven by beliefs that since they were "the man" penetrating, they did nothing against their religion, the norm, etc.
  • "Married women always think that they are safe," said Ana Valeria Barbosa, whose husband died of AIDS two years ago. "Then I discovered my husband was not only injecting drugs, he was bisexual."
  • Indeed, hidden bisexual activity by Latin America's men has provided a bridge for the epidemic to enter the continent's f
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  • Men here are not considered gay if they also have sexual relations with women, or perform the dominant role in the sex act. This is a main contributor to the rapid spread of AIDS among women."
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      This once again states the logic of male-to-male sexual acts. If dominant (the man's role), going along with the perception of the way men should act in bed as the aggressor, than they are not considered gay.
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  • In Africa, heterosexual sex is the primary means of transmission and victims are evenly split between men and women. In the United States, primary modes of transmission have been gay sex and injection of drugs with contaminated needles,
  • In Rocinha, Rio's largest slum, 77 percent of sexually active male respondents to a survey said they never used condoms.
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      The men will not take it upon themselves to use contraception or to prevent AIDS.
  • In addition to objections on grounds of pleasure, Brazilian men fault condoms for their high price and their poor quality. Priced out of reach of Brazil's poor majority, a pack of three condoms costs the equivalent of a kilogram (2.2 pounds) of rice or two kilograms of black beans.
  • "Many married men get AIDS from homosexual behavior and from prostitutes they don't publicly acknowledge," said Marta Suplicy, a Sao Paulo psychoanalyst who specializes in sexual problems. "One of the big problems of AIDS is that there is still the myth of fidelity in marriage."
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    In this article from The New York Times in January 1993, the rise of AIDS in women in Latin America is discussed. Similarly to in Gutmann's findings, the fidelity of husbands is questioned as the reason for the rise in women's infections. With men having sexual affairs, they are contributing to the rise of AIDS in females.
Courtney Connors

Uruguay approves Latin America's first gay adoption law - Yahoo! News (SB#1) - 0 views

  • Uruguay lawmakers Wednesday adopted a trailblazing law allowing gay and lesbian couples to adopt children, in an unprecedented move for Latin America
  • 17 out of 23 senators voting in favor of the legislation.
  • Gay adoptions remain contentious worldwide, and Uruguay, a nation of some 3.5 million people, is taking another step away from its more conservative neighbors after having already authorized gay civil unions last year
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  • President Tabare Vazquez, the first leftist leader in Uruguayan history, already opened access for homosexuals to military schools in May
  • The Catholic Church is against the bill because "from Genesis in the Bible, it says that 'God created man and woman
  • Uruguay has a long tradition of leading the way in civil rights, and has shown a desire to move ahead quickly on such questions
  • Uruguay was the first country in the largely Catholic South American region to approve divorce in 1907, and gave women the right to vote in 1932
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    On Wednesday, September 9, 2009, the legislative branch in Uruguay passed a bill allowing for gay and lesbian couples to adopt children. This law had major support from the Senators in a 17 out of 23 vote and is unlike any other gay rights movement bill in Latin America. Liberal activists hope this is just the first step in a very long line of the liberation of not only gay rights, but human rights. Uruguay is also noted to be the first Latin American country to approve divorce and women's right to vote.
Laura Donovan

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

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    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.
Liza Detenber

Abuse Trails Central American Girls Into Gangs - New York Times - 1 views

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    This article talks about women's or young teenage girl's involvement in gangs in Guatemala. It discusses how these girls become initiated into these gangs and how they have to keep up membership. Also, it addresses why these girls join these gangs to begin with and why they cannot get out of them. Some studies show that nearly 40% of gang membership is made of females. This finding contradicts our normal idea of gangs being comprised of mostly men.
janegelb

Abortion rights gain ground in Latin America | csmonitor.com - 0 views

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    Legalizing abortion has been a slow process in Latin America. Only a handful of countries, including Cuba and Guyana, have legalized abortions in the first trimester. In 2007, when this article was written, there was a legal debate deciding whether or not to legalize abortion in Mexico. The Roman Catholic Church is adamantly opposed to legalizing abortion, and studies found that people in rural areas were antiabortion. Thousands of women die in Latin America from unsafe and illegal abortions, and it is apparent that the illegality of abortion does not reduce the number of women getting them.
janegelb

Trouble in Paradise: Drug Runners and Battered Wives - New York Times - 0 views

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    This article interviews a woman named Lidia Cacho who runs a crisis center and discusses the domestic violence issue in Mexico. Many women's rights activist say that domestic violence is one of the ugliest consequences of Mexico's machismo culture. Many domestic violence victims are silent, because of fear and the lack of support from the police. Victims are often followed by their husbands or sent death threats. Lidia Cacho tries to work with domestic violence victims by protecting them and offering them as much support as possible.
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