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Central America: Progress for Women's Rights More Impressive on Paper

Submitted by iKNOW Politics on Thu, 2011-07-07 06:58

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After protracted battles, women in Central America and southern Mexico have made headway in winning respect for their rights over the past decade, but the progress has been more formal than real, say women academics and activists.

"A number of achievements have been made, mainly in formal and legal terms, with regard to women's rights," Adelay Carías, a researcher with the Honduran NGO Feministas en Resistencia (Feminists in Resistance), told IPS.

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