Independent journalism Archives

Gaia & Yara

by Margie Thompson | Aug 19, 2019 | Centro Comunitário de Buceo Embajadores y Embajadoras del Mar, Costa Rica, Independent journalism, Life lessons | 0 |

by Tara Roberts Her name is Gaia, and she is the mother. Her name is Yara, and she is the...

Why American Feminists Should Mourn FEMEN’s Oksana Shachko

by Margie Thompson | Aug 12, 2018 | Eastern Europe, Independent journalism, Resistance, Ukraine | 0 |

And how FEMEN cleared the way for #MeToo By Nadia Kaneva This has been the summer of...

Report by a feminist journalist from the US-Mexico border #2

by Margie Thompson | Aug 3, 2018 | Immigration, Independent journalism, Mexico-US border | 0 |

By Kathy Bougher Kathy Bougher is a journalist, correspondent for ESCRIBANA, feminist activist,...

The Endometriosis Diaries, Part I: If Pain Could Speak

by Margie Thompson | Aug 1, 2018 | Health & reproductive rights, Independent journalism, Life lessions | 0 |

By Nadia Kaneva Nadia is a woman, author and scholar who has written a series of blogs...

Report by a feminist journalist from the US-Mexico Border #1

by Margie Thompson | Jul 31, 2018 | Immigration, Independent journalism, Mexico-US border, United States | 0 |

By Kathy Bougher Kathy Bougher is a journalist, correspondent for ESCRIBANA, feminist activist,...

Entre Mujeres en Guatemala: Las mas fuerte solidaridad nace de las conexiones

by María Suarez Toro | Jul 12, 2018 | Guatemala, Independent journalism, Resistance, Volcán de Fuego | 0 |

María Suárez Toro, Escribana 10 de julio 2018 Perdieron tanto que ni siquiera habían alcanzado a...

Immigrant women in sanctuary demand that state and federal officials listen to their voices

by Margie Thompson | Apr 1, 2018 | Immigration, Independent journalism, United States | 0 |

By Margie Thompson, ESCRIBANA In honor of International Women’s Day 2018, four immigrant women in...

Teresa Suárez: “Hurricane María Also Planted Trees”

by Margie Thompson | Feb 10, 2018 | Climate change, Independent journalism, Puerto Rico | 0 |

By María “Cuca” Súarez Toro for Claridad, ESCRIBANA February 5, 2018 A novel initiative...

Immigrant Women in Puerto Rico: Organizing in solidarity to help each other

by Margie Thompson | Nov 9, 2017 | Immigration, Independent journalism, Puerto Rico, Violence Against Women | 0 |

María Suárez Toro ESCRIBANA November 1, 2017 The contagious sound of the women who came to...

Puerto Rico: Shelters for women victims of violence face challenges as violence against women escalates

by Margie Thompson | Oct 30, 2017 | Independent journalism, Puerto Rico, Violence Against Women | 0 |

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...

Puerto Rico: Majority of legal complaints in “post Hurricane María” devastation based on gender violence

by Margie Thompson | Oct 27, 2017 | Climate change, Health & reproductive rights, Independent journalism, Puerto Rico, Violence Against Women | 0 |

María Suárez Toro ESCRIBANA October 19, 2017 442 cases of requests for protection orders for gender violence under Law 54 have been filed since Hurricane María hit the island on September 20, 2017. Women activists are...