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International Day of Farmers’ Struggles: What Haitian Farmers Organizations are Fighting For
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International Day of Farmers’ Struggles: What Haitian Farmers Organizations are Fighting For

Food Sovereignty Land and Territory April 20, 2014 0Likes 0Comments

FONDAMA highlights the challenges of achieving food sovereignty in Haiti while trying to protect and assist local producers as part of agrarian reform efforts.

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Migrant Shelter Sees Growing Number of Minors Heading North
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Migrant Shelter Sees Growing Number of Minors Heading North

Migration April 9, 2014 0Likes 3Comments

Increasingly, children are found among the thousands of Central American migrants traversing Mexico in hopes of making it into the United States. Although shelters take them in, current immigration policy and practices are not equipped to protect their rights.

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NAFTA Linked to Massive Human Rights Violations in Mexico
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NAFTA Linked to Massive Human Rights Violations in Mexico

Latin-American Affairs April 3, 2014 0Likes 0Comments

In a series of preliminary opinions, an international tribunal of conscience has condemned massive violations of human rights in Mexico.

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Mexican Peace Activist Says Focus Must Be More on Justice than Peace
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Mexican Peace Activist Says Focus Must Be More on Justice than Peace

Land and Territory April 2, 2014 0Likes 0Comments

Pietro Ameglio, a founding member of the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity, examines the performance of its first three years, focusing on the need to articulate goals and ideals while empowering other organizations and groups.

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In Southeastern U.S., Poultry and Migration Booms Change the Face of Rural America
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In Southeastern U.S., Poultry and Migration Booms Change the Face of Rural America

Migration March 18, 2014 0Likes 0Comments

As supply chains are integrated, families are fractured. Governments herald the economic integration while dismissing as irrelevant the human impact. One industry – poultry production – demonstrates the social costs of “free trade”.

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Why does more “security” keep leading to more violence against women?
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Why does more “security” keep leading to more violence against women?

Gender Equality Human Rights March 10, 2014 0Likes 1Comment

It’s common practice to take stock on this day of where we are and how far we’ve come in the movement for full gender equality and respect for the human rights of women. This year in the Americas, the situation is getting worse rather than better.

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In Mexico, Hate Continues to Kill Women
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In Mexico, Hate Continues to Kill Women

Democracy and Society Gender Equality Human Rights March 9, 2014 0Likes 4Comments

Twenty years since the alarm was first sounded in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua due the large number of women murdered with signs of torture and sexual abuse, the phenomenon has spread to the rest of the country.

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Midwives, givers of life in rural communities, in danger of disappearing
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Midwives, givers of life in rural communities, in danger of disappearing

Gender Equality March 7, 2014 0Likes 2Comments

Nahua community midwives in the Huasteca region of the state of Hidalgo play a fundamental role in the communities’ world view, since they guide a child’s beginnings and communal values The practices of the official health institutions are putting them at risk.

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Guns and Gangs: Turning El Salvador Around
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Guns and Gangs: Turning El Salvador Around

Drug War Human Rights March 5, 2014 0Likes 0Comments

With homicides on the rise again, truce facilitators say support and funding is needed to reduce violence in the Central American nation.

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Michoacan self-defense groups celebrate 1st anniversary
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Michoacan self-defense groups celebrate 1st anniversary

Land and Territory March 5, 2014 0Likes 0Comments

One year since their battle against criminal organizations began, community spokesmen talked to the Americas Program about their progress.

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