The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has placed Cuba as the second of the five countries in the world that boast gender parity in parliament and the country with the second-highest proportion of women deputies.
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Vilma Espín, an idealistic socialite who fought alongside Fidel and Raúl Castro in the mountains of Cuba and later, as Raúl Castro’s wife, became a prominent advocate of women’s rights and a powerful member of the Cuban Communist Party, died Monday in Havana.
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Vilma Espín, an idealistic socialite who fought alongside Fidel and Raúl Castro in the mountains of Cuba and later, as Raúl Castro’s wife, became a prominent advocate of women’s rights and a powerful member of the Cuban Communist Party, died Monday in Havana.
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Juana Hilda Naranjo no longer worries when it rains. For the last three years she has been living in a modern apartment out of reach of the water and wind, thanks to the efforts of the Taller de Transformación (Transformation Workshop) in the poor, predominantly black Havana neighbourhood of Pogolotti.
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Juana Hilda Naranjo no longer worries when it rains. For the last three years she has been living in a modern apartment out of reach of the water and wind, thanks to the efforts of the Taller de Transformación (Transformation Workshop) in the poor, predominantly black Havana neighbourhood of Pogolotti.
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The Federation of Latin American Rural Women (FLAMUR) in Cuba delivered over 10,000 signatures to the Cuban National Assembly petitioning for a referendum on the right to pay with national currency at the nation’s stores.
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The Federation of Latin American Rural Women (FLAMUR) in Cuba delivered over 10,000 signatures to the Cuban National Assembly petitioning for a referendum on the right to pay with national currency at the nation’s stores.
To read the full article, please visit Solidarity with Cuba's Website.
The rampant sexism in this society persuades men that they are physically, socially and intellectually superior to women, which leads men to devalue and discredit women. It also impels men to compete with each other for power and success, and to hide their emotions and feelings at all times.
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The rampant sexism in this society persuades men that they are physically, socially and intellectually superior to women, which leads men to devalue and discredit women. It also impels men to compete with each other for power and success, and to hide their emotions and feelings at all times.
To read the full article, please visit IPS News
30 Years of Democracy: Riding the Wave? Women’s Political Participation in Latin America. “Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in high heels.”
30 Years of Democracy: Riding the Wave? Women’s Political Participation in Latin America. “Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in high heels.”
While gender roles have changed since Cuba's 1959 revolution, inequalities persist among men and women in private life, and young people are both accepting that and breaking with it. The burden of the household falls on its female members, Guerrero, director of the Centre for the Study of Youth (CESJ), deplores. Worldwide, women devote at least twice as much time as their partners to domestic chores, according to the United Nations report "The World's Women 2010: Trends and Statistics".
While gender roles have changed since Cuba's 1959 revolution, inequalities persist among men and women in private life, and young people are both accepting that and breaking with it. The burden of the household falls on its female members, Guerrero, director of the Centre for the Study of Youth (CESJ), deplores. Worldwide, women devote at least twice as much time as their partners to domestic chores, according to the United Nations report "The World's Women 2010: Trends and Statistics".
This consolidated response highlights some of the important aspects and examples of mainstreaming gender into legislative frameworks in the Americas.
This consolidated response highlights some of the important aspects and examples of mainstreaming gender into legislative frameworks in the Americas.
