The global threat of Trump’s war on women
September 5, 2025
Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office produced 142 executive orders, a global trade war, a record stock market decline, a plummeting dollar, an […]
Category: Gender
In Urgent Times, Slow Rhythms, Experiments to Ritualize Hope
July 28, 2025
In urgent times, I will speak from a place of “we,” not to universalize my experience but to recover a sense of coexistence. In […]
‘I’m Still Here’ reminds the world that the pain wrought by the Brazilian dictatorship and its U.S. allies still hurts
March 6, 2025
The thick, dirty walls of the dim-lighted cell can’t block the sounds of pain and despair from the torture taking place in an unknown […]
Mexico has its first woman president. Here’s why that matters
October 3, 2024
With the slogan “It’s time for transformation, it’s time for women!” and shouts of “Presidenta”, Claudia Sheinbaum took office October 1 after winning a landslide victory in Mexico’s presidential election on June 2. She defeated her closest rival, the conservative candidate (and also a woman) Xochitl Galvez, by a thirty-point margin and a vote count of 35 million—a record in the history of Mexican democracy.
Argentina, Brazil, Mexico show progress and fragility of sexual and reproductive rights in Latin America
March 20, 2024
n this installment we present three country notes-Mexico, Argentina and Brazil-on advances and setbacks in access to safe and legal abortion in our continent. The different overviews remind us that while there are moments to celebrate as victories, these gains are not without setbacks, new obstacles or co-optation. The struggle for sexual and reproductive rights in Latin America is constant. That is why our movements are long term.