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Feminisms that Break Violence
When women unite to support other women, they often don’t realize how much they change things for the better, even if their numbers are small. In very few years, the Guatemalan organization, Mujeres Mejorando Vidas (Women Changing Lives), has managed to overcome the systemic barriers that kept them from supporting hundreds of Mesitza and Mayan (indigenous and ladino) women as they fight to live a life free from all kinds of violence. This organization is emblematic of tenacious struggle of the feminist and women’s movements in Guatemala, and it has proven time and time again their impact at the community and national level.
February 26, 2025 Read more
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A school where leadership blooms
We talked to Bianka Rodríguez, the director of COMCAVIS TRANS, an Salvadorean organization that works on improving the living standard of the LGBTIQ+ communities in El Salvador. In 2024, COMCAVIS TRANS implemented the Training School for Citizen Leadership and Participation, which services the lesbian, bisexual, trans, and queer communities of Santa Ana, Sonsonate, San Miguel, San Vicente, and San Salvador. At the school, participants learn about their rights, their advocacy power, narrative developments, social dialogue strategies, self-esteem, and ways to collective accompany each other.
February 26, 2025 Read more