Tag: elDiarioAR
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Despeñaderos Hits a Double
A small Argentine town gives battered women hope for financial independence through jobs that fight climate change.
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Sex Ed in the Crosshairs
Argentina’s 2006 Sex Education Law faces new opposition despite its positive impact.
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La Furiosa, the milonga that breaks tango stereotypes
Tango without gender-defined roles. Women who dance with women. Men who are led by women. The queer milonga was introduced in Argentina at the beginning of the 2000s to break with the stereotypes set by the traditional, heteronormative tango.
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Ni Una Meno: The Latin American protest that anticipated #MeToo
In 2016, the first national strike against femicides was held in Argentina; it was echoed in Mexico, Chile, Bolivia, Honduras, France and Spain. A year later, the First International Women’s Strike took place.
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Eleonor Faur, feminist sociologist: “In a world that neglects so much, caring for others is revolutionary”
A pioneer in the study of the care industry through a gender lens, the specialist analyses the pandemic’s impacts, the community-oriented organisations led by women in popular sectors, and the need to rethink our entire economic systems and distribute care responsibilities in a more balanced way.