Women in Chile, Brazil, Argentina and elsewhere know: Stopping violence against women starts with politics and power. The New York TimesJan. 29, 2020 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Op-ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — During the jury selection process for Harvey Weinstein’s criminal trial this month, dozens of women gathered outside a Manhattan courthouse to perform […]
Posts Tagged ‘Latin America’
A Feminist Performance Goes Global
Posted: 30th janeiro 2020 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: abortion, Brazil, Chile, feminism, Global Gender Gap Report, Latin America, patriarchy, political power, Rita Segato, sexual abuse, Turkey, Un violador en tu camino
Why Are Brazilian Streets So Calm?
Posted: 29th dezembro 2019 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: Amazon, Chile, Colombia, corruption, Ecuador, indigenous people, Jair Bolsonaro, Latin America, Leonardo DiCaprio, pension reform, pesticides, protests
The rest of Latin America is on fire. Why is its largest country still so quiet? The New York TimesDec. 26, 2019 by Vanessa BarbaraContributing Opinion Op-ed Writer SÃO PAULO, Brazil — This year has been marked by widespread social convulsion in Latin America. Since mid-October, Chileans have been in the streets; what started as […]
An Epidemic of Obstetric Violence
Posted: 13th março 2019 by Vanessa Barbara in Artigos, New York TimesTags: abuse, Adelir de Goes, autonomy, C-section, cesarean section, CFM, childbirth, Cremerj, episiotomy, feminism, husband stitch, labor, Latin America, mistreatment, obstetric violence, obstetrics, patriarchy, pregnancy, women, World Health Organization
How the region became home to an epidemic of obstetric violence.
