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Daughter of Indigenous Farmworkers from Mexico Elected
On a hot afternoon in August, a candidate for Madera City Council District 5, Elsa Mejia, 32, met at her parents’ house with Minerva Mendoza, 31, and Jose Eduardo Chavez, 28, to discuss the state of [...] Continue Reading
Punishing Mothers and Children Is a Strategy of Colonizing
Women in prisons are significantly mothers. According to recent research, more than 60% of the women in prisons have children minors for which they are the sole caregivers. Combined with the Adoption [...] Continue Reading
More Women Are Targets of Xenophobic Hate
By Jenny Manrique Muslim, Asian and Latina women are the main victims of xenophobic attacks in the United States during the recent increase in hate crimes against immigrants. The phenomenon, said [...] Continue Reading
Gender Equality in the Media Business—Still a Lacking Issue
The Women’s Media Center (WMC) just released its 2021 report on the status of women in U.S. media. The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2021 includes research from academia, industry and professional [...] Continue Reading
Fresno Women Honored at the Art Museum
By Peter Maiden When I called Francine Farber of the League of Women Voters (LWV) to find out about their exhibit, “100 Notable Women Who Made a Difference in the Fresno Community,” I heard soaring [...] Continue Reading
The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
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Más mujeres son blanco del odio xenófobo
Por Jenny Manrique Mujeres musulmanas, asiáticas y latinas son las principales víctimas de agresiones xenófobas en Estados Unidos en el marco de un aumento de los crímenes de odio contra [...] Continue Reading