By Monica Peña La Voz de Austin AUSTIN — Born in Arica, Chile, Teresa Basa and her family received political asylum when she moved to the United States at the age of 20 in 1991. Teresa earned a BA from UC Berkeley and a Masters Degree in California State East Bay. After a seven year [...]
Latinas and feminism go hand-in-hand in more ways than stereotypes allow
LatinaLista — There was a time among most Latinas that the term “feminism” evoked very mixed emotions. It was hard for those Latinas to take to the streets and burn their bras in protest for the dismissive treatment of women by society and then come home and, as tradition dictated, serve the men in the [...]
Getting to the root of the “real” problem why immigrant women are scapegoats for today’s politicians
LatinaLista — A question posed this week by the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health in their annual blog carnival strives to get to the heart of the immigration problem in a way that Congress has no appetite for doing by asking — “What’s the real problem?” Specifically, the question is why immigrant women have [...]
Mariluz Gonzalez — a Latina enterprise all by herself
By Mariana Llamas-Cendon Amigos805.com SANTA BARBARA, CA — Alternative music lover, current PR entrepreneur, former successful PR executive for the music industry, passionate radio DJ, “punk” at heart and funky shoes collector — Mariluz Gonzalez is an ascending professional Latina worth keeping an eye on. If you ever tune into on 98.7 FM Santa Barbara [...]
Latinas have much to gain with free access to birth control
LatinaLista — It used to be there were two things Latinas never discussed — sex and birth control. A culture rooted so deeply in Christianity preferred to see sex as a necessary practice in fulfilling God’s commandments, with no confession of actually enjoying it. Since the end goal was always to get pregnant, for a [...]
New UN report shows women achieve varying success in equality and empowerment
LatinaLista — “We’ve come a long way baby” is something women like to say every time a new collective milestone is reached or glass ceiling cracked. In the United States, though women have achieved many accomplishments that gets them closer to parity with men, there is still a lot left to be accomplished. For example, [...]
