Tag: Women
Nathalie Vilchis: Mexico’s ‘Chica NASA’ Shares The Inspiring Story of Her Path to NASA’s...
My guest blogger this week is Nathalie Vilchis, a 22 year old Mexican Mechatronics Engineering student at the Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey. Nathalie has...
Yokasta Valle Tours all of Costa Rica With Self-defense Classes for Women
Yokasta Valle will teach self defense classes to the Tico public on a tour that she takes in different parts of the country. The...
Attention Tico Women: Let’s Take Care of Our Nutrition 365 Days a Year!
Every decade, the social changes that are experienced make for lifestyles to evolve. An example that the this evolution is also penetrating in the...
Costa Rica Will Host Mountain Bike Competition Exclusive for Women
An exclusive stage mountain biking event for women will take place for the first time in Costa Rica next May. This is the Kivelix...
Tico Women Demonstrate That Age is Not An Obstacle to Get Ahead
Faced with the crisis of employment in the country, entrepreneurships are taking on more growth and are an alternative for thousands of women, mostly...
Women-Only Tour To Costa Rica is Created
A women-only Costa Rican Tour in honor of International Women’s Month was launched this past week. The tour operator Austin Adventures, which just appointed...
Scholarships Will Be Granted to Women Who Wish to Study Engineering in Costa Rica
The Fidélitas University has already opened the call for its Eng. Sandra Cauffman Scholarship contest, which offers five women the possibility of pursuing one...
Virtual Forum: Launch of the Book “Intrepids in Science and Technology”
Within the framework of the commemoration of March 8th: International Women's Day; The Technological Publishing House of Costa Rica invites the launch of the...
Women Entrepreneur Program: Supporting Costa Rican Female Business Owners
To empower and provide tools to businesswomen associated with the Costa Rican Chamber of Commerce, the Women Entrepreneur Program developed a pilot mentoring plan...
Three Tico Teenagers Lead a Project that Benefits Vulnerable Women
At 17 years of age, Pía Hernández, Nina Masís and Valentina Sosto created an innovative project that aims to empower and benefit vulnerable women...
Texas Tech Costa Rica Offers Courses for Women in Science and Technology
Thinking sessions (methodology aimed at finding solutions); and a scholarship for three courses at the [email protected] Leadership Center.
Costa Rica Will Invest More Than ¢ 1,100 Million in Sustainable Productive Projects Led...
In times of Pandemic and as a strategy for a green and sustainable recovery of the economy, more than one hundred women from all...
Coloring Book Celebrates Costa Rican Women in Engineering and Science
In today’s blog I preview a new coloring book that showcases 18 Costa Rican women who are doing outstanding work in science and...
“Igualdatón” Generated 11 proposals to problems faced by women during the pandemic
This past week the awarding of the winning teams for the “Igualdaton” competition was held, an initiative that called on women from different Tico...
The Key to Being a Successful Entrepreneur Women
If a few years ago someone had told us that women would occupy high positions in companies and that they would even start their own businesses
International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women: Enough is Enough
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is commemorated annually on November 25th to denounce the violence that is exercised against women around the world and demand policies in all countries for its eradication
“Igualdatón”: Finding Solutions to Problems Generated by the Pandemic that Affect Women
The “Igualdatón” initiative seeks people from different sectors and profiles to participate in a collaborative process. The objective of this marathon of ideas is...
Beauty Queens join OIJ to help Women who Suffer Physical and Sexual Violence
A few months ago, after being in an intense self-defense class, the partners, friends and beauty queens María Teresa Rodríguez (Miss Costa Rica 2008) and Johana García (Mrs Universe 2016)
Costa Rica Launches Gender Parity Initiative to Increase Participation of Women in the Economy
As a strategy to face the effects of the global pandemic by COVID-19 and the direct impacts on female employment, the Government of Costa Rica launched this past week the Gender Parity Initiative (GPI)
Indigenous Women Reaffirm Their Role as Leaders, Protectors of the Forest, and Entrepreneurs
In a discussion on the International Day of Indigenous Women, Faustina Torres, businesswoman, and indigenous leader exposed the role of women as transmitters of...
60.3% of Women in Costa Rica Made Adjustments in their Household Habits Due to...
60.3% of women in Costa Rica made adjustments in household habits to mitigate the economic effects of the novel Coronavirus Pandemic, according to a...
Costa Rican Women With Nature Conservation Projects Will Be Able To Access Credits of...
Women who work in biodiversity management, agriculture, ecotourism and research will be able to access financing of up to ₡ 10 million
Nymphomania: Simple Sex Addiction or Disease?
Nymphomania is a term used to describe an unofficial mental disorder specific to women, including compulsive sexual behavior, hyper-sexuality, and sex addiction in women....
Stop Violence against Women!
Last Saturday night, in the Ecuadorian city of Ibarra, a man, allegedly Venezuelan, took his former sentimental partner hostage for about 90 minutes. Neither...
Why Do We Urinate So Much?
Thousands of young and healthy women say that going to the restroom to urinate continuously has become a routine.
Why do we urinate so much?
First,...
Ending Violence Against Women
For so long, women have been fighting so hard to gain equal rights as men. Long ago, women have been so objectified and thought...
Men Live Depression Very Differently Than Women
Depression is a mental disorder that both sexes suffer equally. However, in the case of men, this condition manifests itself in a different way...
Essential Foods for Women in “Those” Days
There are different myths that we have heard as soon as we as woman develop and start menstruating all that, linked to avoiding those...
Curiosities of Costa Rica that You Did Not Know
Who does not feel proud of the beauty that your country offers? In this regard, we are not the exception. Costa Rica, a beautiful...
The Nightmare of Being a Female Soldier in North Korea
"We were really sweating. The mattress where we slept was made of rice husk, so the mattress was impregnated with all the body odor....
Yoni steam for healthy fertility
You might be in shock! Steam my vagina? Down there? YES, that's right!
Since back in 1800 there have always been healers in every...
How To Get Your Period Back
Absent Period… also Known as Amenorrhea
IT’S A SILENT PLAGUE –NO ONE IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT: LOSING YOUR PERIOD.
Amenorrhea
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amenorrhoea (BE), amenorrhea...
Beat menstrual cramps naturally
Like most women, you have probably experienced menstrual cramps also referred to as “dysmenorrhea”. Approximately 3%-8% of women experience severe symptoms that disrupt their...
Humanity will advance faster with a woman leader of the UN
Costa Rican Christiana Figueres, key figure of the global climate change agreement in 2015 and aspiring leader of the UN, ensures that having a...
Women leaders want half of the Executive Power
The idea that women occupy half of the high positions of the Executive Branch has the support of various women leaders.
Larger feminine participation would...
UN Acts To Achieve Complete Gender Equality Ahead Of 2133
International Women’s Day was this week. Costa Rica takes the lead in establishing progress.
Declaring that the empowerment of the world’s women is “a global...
Women Entrepreneurs in Costa Rica Have Access to ¢750 million to Subsidize Their Businesses
Women entrepreneurs wishing to start their own business or who want to consolidate their businesses now have access a to ¢750 million in loans...
129 Abused Mexicans Rescued from Korean Textile Company Suspected of Being a Human Trafficking...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Mexican authorities rescued 129 people, including six children, who were victims of sexual abuse and forced to work...
Good News for Gastric Cancer Patients: Costa Rican Hospital Attains 66% Remission Rate
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Gastric cancer, a disease that affects about 34 people per 100,000 inhabitants, has been cured in 66 percent...
The Female Condom is Gaining Popularity in Costa Rica and Will be Available Nationwide...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) has confirmed that female condoms will now be available to policyholders...
