LatinaLista — Healthcare in the United States has, unfortunately, devolved into an economic class privilege — have a moderate to high paying job, you may be lucky enough to have health insurance. Live paycheck to paycheck then health insurance is one of those luxury items that always loses out to putting food on the table [...]
Latina Lista named “Groundbreaking Latina Blogger of the Year” by Catalina Magazine
LatinaLista.net — Today, CATALINA Magazine and the National Association of Latina Leaders, announced the recipients of the 9th Annual CATALINA “Groundbreaking Latina” Award. From the headline, you see that Latina Lista was honored with this distinguished award. One of the judges, if I may share, had this to say about Latina Lista: According to Maritza [...]
TEDWomen: The world now knows Bolivian women have ideas worth sharing
By Jacqueline Patiño LatinaLista.net In December 2010, a special conference for women was held in Washington DC. It was titled TEDWomen: Reshaping the Future. The conference was unprecedented in how many women from around the world and from all walks of life converged together to learn from one another, get to know each other and [...]
Pregnancy site launches first of its kind instant messaging chat feature in both Spanish and English
LatinaLista.net — When most women get pregnant, it’s not long before they realize that their mothers and abuelas didn’t tell them everything that happens to their bodies when pregnant. Sometimes the changes are so personal that moms-to-be are embarrassed to talk about them or the questions are so basic they don’t want to look stupid. [...]
New report spotlights the plight of migrant women
LatinaLista.net — From June 4-5, 2010 in Bucharest, Romania, women from around the world met to discuss the human rights of one class of women who have no voice in how they are treated — migrant women. The result of that conference, coordinated by the Europe-based Globalizing Gender Equality and Social Justice organization, otherwise known [...]
New report spotlights the plight of migrant women
LatinaLista — From June 4-5, 2010 in Bucharest, Romania, women from around the world met to discuss the human rights of one class of women who have no voice in how they are treated — migrant women. The result of that conference, coordinated by the Europe-based Globalizing Gender Equality and Social Justice organization, otherwise known [...]