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General, Palabra Final, Politics, Women

Political cartoon portraying Sotomayor as a piñata is insensitive but deserves no rash judgements

Jun 3, 2009, 3:51 PM 21

LatinaLista — The announcement of Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court has elicited a flood of insensitive and offensive remarks. Some have been so over-the-top that retractions are being made. Newt Gingrich The most noteworthy is that of…

Culture, General, Women

New site showcases the life and accomplishments of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor

Jun 3, 2009, 2:50 PM 0

LatinaLista — The nomination of the first Latina to the Supreme Court, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, has been a source of pride for many Latinas and Latinos. Yet, for those of us who were not as familiar with Sotomayor’s background…

General, Government, Palabra Final, Social Justice, Women

Too bad conservative critics of Sotomayor can’t be honest about pulling the race card

May 28, 2009, 1:24 PM 23

LatinaLista — When Sonia Sotomayor was named this week by President Obama as his choice for the upcoming Supreme Court vacancy, everyone knew that conservatives would scream and holler. The cover page of the Berkeley speech delivered by Sotomayor…

General, Health, Women, Youth

New Latina teen pregnancy survey highlights the differences among Latinos

May 27, 2009, 9:46 AM 4

LatinaLista — A new report about Latina teen pregnancy doesn’t just examine the issue but, for the first time, breaks down the differences found among Latino families and how they contribute to Latina teens having the highest rates of…

General, Government, Palabra Final, Women

Judge Sotomayor’s nomination to Supreme Court goes beyond ethnicity

May 26, 2009, 10:12 AM 0

LatinaLista — The fact that Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor is both extremely qualified and Latina are sources of pride for the Latino community who has seen too many promising Latino/a nominees or appointees to Obama’s administration fall…

General, Health, Women

Nationwide call for Latina breast cancer survivors for new medical study

May 21, 2009, 3:02 PM 0

LatinaLista — Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among Latinas for one reason. Latinas ignore the early warning signs and wait to go to the doctor. This bit of news likely wasn’t discovered until someone had…

Culture, General, Media, Multimedia, Online, Women

Latina webisode series puts out a call for submissions for original music in either English or Spanish

May 15, 2009, 5:54 PM 0

LatinaLista — The second season of that smart, Latina journalist, known as Ylse (played by Ruth Livier) is finishing up production and will be releasing a whole slate of new webisodes next month. This year, Ruth tells Latina Lista…

General, Global Views, Immigration, Women

New poll finds moving to America strengthens immigrant women

May 14, 2009, 5:10 PM 3

LatinaLista — It’s long been known, over the last ten years, that women and girl immigrants were arriving in the United States in increasing numbers. It’s also been known among mental health officials who service the Spanish-speaking population that…

General, Health, Human Rights, Palabra Final, Women

UN report finds women comprise 30% of human traffickers

May 13, 2009, 5:31 PM 0

LatinaLista — Quiz: Name the two highest-grossing illicit businesses in the world. If you said the first profitable illicit business was drugs, you were right. If you said the second illicit business that paid well was prostitution, you are…

General, Global Views, Government, Politics, Women

International conference focuses on Women Redefining Democracy

May 11, 2009, 11:36 AM 0

LatinaLista — This past weekend, 130 invited women from 50 countries began arriving in Antigua, Guatemala for a special three-day conference. Sponsored by the Nobel Women’s Initiative (a group comprised of all female Nobel Peace Prize winners), partnering with…

General, Parenting, Women

Global contest to choose “Mother of the Year”

Apr 22, 2009, 12:36 PM 0

LatinaLista — Mother’s Day is just around the corner and what daughter or son doesn’t want to give their mother a gift that would be memorable? Given these hard economic times, money would certainly fall into that category but…

Culture, General, Theater, Women

Latina theater competition seeks submissions

Apr 20, 2009, 9:32 AM 0

LatinaLista — Once upon a time there was a woman who when she wasn’t busy being a wife and mother of two young children, she dreamed of what it would be like to be a playwright. So she read…

Culture, General, History, Multimedia, Online, Women

New website heralds Latinas’ roles in shaping U.S history

Apr 15, 2009, 2:14 PM 0

LatinaLista — Latinas have always been a part of U.S. history. Unfortunately, the stories have not always been as widely remembered and known as those of other women. Well, now there is a new website dedicated to teaching us…

American Dreams, Business, General, Women

Flushing with success, one entrepreneur cashes in a disposable idea

Apr 3, 2009, 6:44 PM 0

Out of frustration from not finding traveling packs of high-quality toilet seat covers, Dora Cardenas-Ruckstuhl creates a product that puts a profitable spin to an unsexy item. LatinaLista — By her own admission, Dora Cardenas-Ruckstuhl has always been a…

Culture, Film, General, Media, Women

Lunafest film competition promotes women filmmakers

Apr 1, 2009, 11:38 AM 0

LatinaLista — Did you know that of the 250 top-grossing films, fewer than 6 percent have been made by women? One organization is trying to remedy that imbalance through their annual short film competition that is focused on celebrating…

General, Health, Multimedia, Women

Multimedia campaign raises awareness that lupus strikes multicultural women 3x more often

Mar 31, 2009, 10:55 AM 0

LatinaLista — Do you know what lupus is? If you’re a woman and you don’t know, you’re not unlike the 80 percent of young women who said they didn’t know in a recent online survey about the disease. Yet,…

American Dreams, Business, Environment, General, Philanthropy, Women

Flushing with success, one entrepreneur cashes in a disposable idea

Mar 26, 2009, 4:32 PM 0

General, Health, Women

Researcher needs Mexican American women for post-partum depression study

Mar 23, 2009, 8:56 AM 0

LatinaLista — We are groomed to believe that all Latinas are natural-born mothers. In fact, the assumption has morphed into a stereotype of most Latinas. When some of us don’t especially feel that maternal connection with our newborns, we…

Education, General, Health, Women, Youth

Latest stats reveal teen birth rate beginning to reverse 14-year decline rate

Mar 18, 2009, 3:34 PM 1

LatinaLista — The teen birth rate in the United States increased 1% in 2007, according to data released today by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). This is the second year in a row that the teen birth…

Education, General, Health, Women

Drunk driving campaign says “Women Drive Drunk Too”

Mar 16, 2009, 4:13 PM 0

LatinaLista — If it’s March, tis the season of Spring Break when college students everywhere participate in extreme partying and extreme drinking. Then there are those people who don’t need the excuse of Spring Break to drink at all….

Immigration, Palabra Final, Women

Though majority of immigrant women in ICE detention are pregnant by rape, abortion is no option

Mar 10, 2009, 4:58 PM 28

LatinaLista — Not too long ago, Latina Lista revealed how female undocumented immigrants were being raped along the border as they made their way illegally into the country. Their panties and bras became trophies for the cowards who raped…

Health, Human Rights, Palabra Final, Women

Violence against women rapes a whole society

Mar 9, 2009, 10:34 AM 1

LatinaLista — Violence against women is a worldwide phenomenon that pits abused women against society and their respective judicial systems. It’s only through men and women working together to create solutions can long-lasting change occur and put a halt…

Global Views, Government, Linking Latinas, Women

Colombia: It’s time to create a true democracy with equal gender participation

Mar 8, 2009, 3:20 PM 0

By Rocio Arango Giraldo LatinaLista Colombia: All meetings about social policy are always full of women in attendance. In each one of the neighborhoods from Latin America, the women are the leaders of the community organizations. But this potential…

Global Views, Guest Voz, Linking Latinas, Women

Guest Voces: South American Latinas “link” their voices on International Women’s Day

Mar 8, 2009, 9:27 AM 10

LatinaLista — Today the world celebrates International Women’s Day. While the official theme for today is: â€œWomen and men united to end violence against women and girls,â€ the day should also be marked by women sharing their voices to…

Film, Immigration, Media, Online, Women

“Lives for Sale” doc about immigration and human trafficking premieres on cable but has online home

Mar 6, 2009, 10:41 AM 0

LatinaLista — Sunday, March 8, is International Women’s Day. It is a day in which the United Nations has declared the theme of the day is “Men and Women Unite Against the Violence of Women and Girls.” Some of…

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