Tag: womens rights
Hundreds of Women March for the Right to Abortion in El Salvador
Hundreds of Salvadoran women presented to Congress on Tuesday a proposal to legalize abortion in some cases, now completely prohibited and harshly punished in...
Festival for Women’s Rights Brings Together 46 Artists from Central America
Epsy Campbell, Vice President of the Republic, affirmed that the current context and the confluence of historical milestones such as the Bicentennial of Independence,...
Woman: Courage is Not Just a Word, it is a Daily Action
The United Nations Organization began the celebration as the International Day of Working Women, but in 1975
Legislative Bill Advances to make any Form of Violence against Women a Criminal Felony...
This past week, the Special Commission for Women of the Legislative Assembly unanimously ruled on project file number 21,793 "Law on Criminalization of Violence...
Pandemic will Leave 47 million more Women in Poverty Worldwide, Widening the Gender Gap
The Coronavirus Pandemic will push 47 million women and girls into poverty, thereby dramatically increasing the gap between men and women in this area...
International Women’s Day
International Women's Day commemorates advances in gender equality and vindicates the much work that remains to be done in this field. It is officially...
Costa Rica Defends Women’s Rights at XVI Regional Conference on Women
Recently, the XVI Regional Conference of Women was held in Santiago, Chile, at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in...
Celebrating the International Women’s Day
On March 8th, 1857, a group of textile workers made the decision to take to the streets of New York to protest the miserable...
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...
Despite Success in Politics Many Latin American Women Still Experience Gender Discrimination
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The likely victory of Michelle Bachelet in Chile's presidential elections will strengthen women's political power in Latin America,...
Costa Rica gets early start for International Women’s Day
by TCRN Staff
More than 1,000 people from across the country met yesterday in La Sabana in San Jose and enjoyed music, dancing and talks...
