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"When you get trapped in the destruction, open the door to creation. "

Anais Nin, French writer,1903-1977

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The day after…taking action after the shocking election of Donald Trump as U.S. President

by | November 11, 2016 | Independent journalism, Immigration, Resistance, United States | 0 Comments

It is shocking. It is appalling. It is despicable. It is scary. But it is most terrifying to the millions of people who face threats to their lives with promises to deport them all, to build a wall, to block them from entering the fortress of the US. It was working...
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Puerto Rico: Shelters for women victims of violence face challenges as violence against women escalates

by | October 30, 2017 | Puerto Rico, Independent journalism, Violence Against Women | 0 Comments

María Suárez Toro, Escribana October 13, 2017 Casa Julia and three other women's shelters are closed for lack of electricity and generators, including Casa Luisa Capetillo and Hogar Nueva Mujer (New Woman’s Home). Hogar Ruth (Ruth’s Home) opened with 35 women, but has...
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Report by a feminist journalist from the US-Mexico border #2

by | August 3, 2018 | Immigration, Independent journalism, Mexico-US border | 0 Comments

By Kathy Bougher Kathy Bougher is a journalist, correspondent for ESCRIBANA, feminist activist, and educator who has traveled throughout Central America working with women’s groups in the region on reproductive rights and other social justice issues. She spent several...
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The Endometriosis Diaries, Part I: If Pain Could Speak

by | August 1, 2018 | Health & reproductive rights, Independent journalism, Life lessions | 0 Comments

  By Nadia Kaneva Nadia is a woman, author and scholar who has written a series of blogs entitled "The Endometriosis Diaries" about  her own painful and frustrating experiences of diagnosis and treatment.  We present Part One of the series here, and the rest can...
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El Salvador Bill Would Put Those Found Guilty of Abortion Behind Bars for 30 to 50 Years

by | July 27, 2016 | El Salvador, Health & reproductive rights, Independent journalism, Violence Against Women | 0 Comments

The right-wing ARENA Party has introduced a bill that would increase [the] penalty [for abortion] to a prison sentence of 30 to 50 years—the same as aggravated homicide.

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