By MOMS CLEAN AIR FORCE This is an excerpt from the American Lung Association’s “State of the Air 2016” report. The American Lung Association’s 2016 “State of the Air” report found continued improvement in air quality, but more than half…
By R. Hans Miller VoiceBox Media The state of Texas is home to 11 detention facilities for immigrants who have entered the United States. Many of these immigrants are women with small children, running from situations in their Central…
LatinaLista — Campaign: DOÑA LUZ : Solar Mama Stories, Latin America 1.2 billion people on this planet live without electricity. In Latin America alone, the number reaches 24 million people. What is it like to live without electricity or light in…
SaludToday A new risk-prediction breast cancer model based entirely on data from Latino women provides a more accurate assessment of Latina women’s risk of developing breast cancer than existing models. The model presented at the American Association for Cancer…
LatinaLista — In 2013, Latina Lista shared the story of a feature-length documentary about to be released that dealt with the femicide epidemic in Guatemala. Justice for My Sister followed one Guatemalan woman, as she battled a machismo culture and a gender-biased…
By Bill Sarno CTLatinoNews.com A culture which prevailed in the mid-20th century America viewed breastfeeding as outside the norm, as “the special way,” became entrenched in Puerto Rico because of its close relationship with the United States. The prevalence…
By Amy Wolf Futurity Female candidates have to be more qualified than their male opponents to prevail in an election because many people don’t see women as leaders, according to new research. The findings reveal the hidden bias…
LatinaLista — The world understands why the refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc. are streaming into Western Europe in numbers described as “unprecedented in its sheer scale since the end of World War II.” Thanks to the hundreds of…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Women Across Frontiers & MADRE – International Fundraising Initiative Displaced by extremist violence, women-headed households are now flooding central and southern Iraq. They need humanitarian aid, shelter and resources to rebuild their lives. The Organization of…
LatinaLista — Campaign: recruitHER: Working For Equal Opportunity in Tech Tech companies who value diversity often struggle to hire diverse talent—either their current efforts are failing to move the needle, or they don’t know where to begin. Having a…
By Alexis White-Mobley Cultural Survival Native American and Alaska native women are 2.5 times more likely to be raped or sexually assaulted than other women in the US; 86% of reported cases are perpetrated by non-Natives. A 2014 study…
By Lucia Murguia Borderzine Griselda Reyna, never imagined she would be fleeing a group of armed men who had just kidnapped and murdered her two sons. She knew she would be killed if she stayed in Ciudad Juarez….
By Marcia G. Yerman Moms Clean Air Force The People’s Climate March was a watershed moment. Participants, politicians, and the media got a complete overview of the seriousness of individual and group commitment to making change on the ground….
By Maira Isabel Morales LatinaLista Puerto Ricans – and Hispanics generally – are passionate about food. We have a famous saying: “Where one eats, 10 do”. We always make more than enough food, just in case someone comes along….
LatinaLista — Campaign: liftUPlift.com * Shop From Women liftUPlift.com is the first e-commerce marketplace for women entrepreneurs. liftUPlift is a tool for the empowerment of women, which makes it fast and easy for every person to work together to create equal…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Let’s Put Up An #ILookLikeAnEngineer Billboard After her company (OneLogin) put up an ad in San Francisco featuring an image of her, engineer Isis Wenger saw a lot of reactions. She wrote about these reactions in…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Juegue con Mala Fama Ultimate México MalaFama is a Mexican women’s ultimate frisbee team. In August, they will celebrate their 5th anniversary and currently hold the national championship title. They are working towards the development of…
LatinaLista — Campaign: Landwise: A Women and Land Rights Database When women have stronger rights to land and resources, families and communities prosper. The evidence is there – when women have secure rights to land and resources, agricultural…
LatinaLista — Across the country, cities are transforming urban buildings into lofts, apartments and condos to attract millennials, empty nesters and young families. Urban dwellings have become the “chic” places to live. It’s reported that 54 percent of the…
By Milia Fisher Center for American Progress Video: The Gender Pay Gap Explained Women of all races and ethnicities working full time, year round in the United States earned an average of only 78 percent of what men earned…
LatinaLista — It’s an understatement to say that the GOP sweep of Tuesday’s midterm election has hogged the headlines of the past two days. Lost amid all the same-old, same-old political rhetoric are two congressional milestones that aren’t getting…
LatinaLista — The recent comments by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella that women shouldn’t ask for raises but instead trust in karma, smacked many who heard it as epitomizing the inequality that rages on for many women in male-dominated environments….
By Gabrielle Mentjox Colombia Reports Colombia’s Defense Minister said Thursday the country’s largest rebel group, the FARC, are the biggest violators of women’s human rights in the country, having kidnapped 261 women and committed 394 homicides between 2003 and…
By Flávia Ribeiro Diálogo Music and military service are in the blood of Carolyne Gonze, a 22-year-old Minas Gerais native. The saxophonist is the granddaughter of a conductor and niece of a Musician Sergeant in the Brazilian Army. Until…
LatinaLista — For many young Latinas, one of the most appreciated benefits of the Affordable Care Act has been the opportunity to receive their birth control without paying a co-pay/deductible. Unfortunately, the recent Supreme Court ruling that allows businesses…
