Solidarity with Beatriz outside the Salvadoran consulate in NYC, USA!
The Hidden Reality of Cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean | RH Reality Check
“In Latin America and the Caribbean, cancer is a rapidly growing and increasingly deadly epidemic. A new study published in The Lancet Oncology estimates that by 2030, 1.7 million cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the region, and more than a million people will die from cancer each year. Among the most life threatening—and preventable—of these diseases is cervical cancer, which claims the lives of approximately 300,000 women worldwide each year.”
Men Step Up to Support Women’s Rights and Fight Violence | Alternet
“When intersectionality became more of an organizing principle among liberal and radical activists, when people began to talk more about social justice as a multi-issue movement, it opened the door for men to feel more comfortable in feminist spaces,” says writer and advocate Mandy Van Deven. The downside, she says, is that movements are sometimes taken over by those who have traditionally held power, and money and attention can then get diverted from programs benefiting women and girls and given to programs run by and for men.
