gender violence

July 22, 2022
María Elena García

Kimberly Theidon’s book explores the conjoined legacies of war-time violence against women, children, and nature in Peru and Colombia.

March 12, 2022
Sita Bates

In Colombia, women candidates for the presidency are using their campaigns to advocate against violence.

December 14, 2021
Rebecca Wilson, Cathy McIlwaine, Jelke Boesten

In the global struggle against gendered violence, Latin American women are key changemakers.

May 10, 2021
Laura A. Torres Martínez

A young woman shares her story of suffering sexual violence at the hands of a riot police officer in Cali, one case in a broader misogynist problem.

July 31, 2017
Nidia Bautista

Lesvy Berlin Rivera Osorio’s death in Mexico City was ruled a suicide amidst judicial irregularities and impunity. Activists are mobilizing to denounce the death not only as murder, but also as feminicide. 

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