When we started to talk about human rights, mainstream human rights organizations barely acknowledged the economic issues we claimed were central for most women in the world–including in the US–like rights to food, housing and health care. MADRE’s founders were determined to build an organization that was both clearly focused on concrete issues and able […]
When we started to talk about human rights, mainstream human rights organizations barely acknowledged the economic issues we claimed were central for most women in the world–including in the US–like rights to food, housing and health care. MADRE’s founders were determined to build an organization that was both clearly focused on concrete issues and able to sustain a political practice as complex as the reality of women’s lives. Ana Maria’s case provides insight into the contextual factors effecting her ability to realize her sexual and reproductive health and rights in Nicaragua where...
Three of the plaintiffs agreed to come to the US to take part in the reading. The Central American Bank for Economic Integration is providing financial support for six projects in Nicaragua to provide better energy coverage, access and distribution. IHSC ensures the provision of necessary medical care services as required by ICE Performance-Based National Detention Standards and based on the medical needs of the individual. Comprehensive medical care is provided from the moment individuals arrive and throughout the entirety of their stay. Pursuant to our commitment to the welfare of those...
By law all schooling is in Spanish, even in the West where Spanish is not spoken in the home. Established by the Law on Municipalities in 1988 by the Sandinista National Assembly, the first municipal governments were selected in 1990. An effort was made to decentralize the political power which had been so abused in Nicaragua for decades. Under this system, citizens vote directly for council members in Nicaragua’s nine regions; the number of members depends on the size of the city. Traditionally, landowners have prospered with the export of coffee, cotton, beef, and sugar, and land was...
The status of men and women has changed since the revolution of the 1980s.
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