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Men tend to own more land than women in Nicaragua. [8] In the rural areas of Nicaragua, 65 percent of women are working on land that they do not own. [8] Due to the fact that more men owned land in Nicaragua, and ownership in Nicaragua is linked to authority, programs in the 1990s sought to provide more women with the opportunity to own land. [9]
RedTraSex. La Red de Trabajadoras Sexuales de Latino América y el Caribe (RedTraSex) is a transnational network of female sex workers across 15 Latin American countries. The network was born at the "Una Sola Voz: Encuentro Latinoamericano de Trabajadores Sexuales" conference in October 1997 in Heredia, Costa Rica.
Article 3(l) of Law N° 820 for the Promotion, Protection and Defense of Human Rights in the face of HIV and AIDS, for its Prevention and Attention (Spanish: Ley núm. 820 de promoción, protección y defensa de los derechos humanos ante el VIH y SIDA para su prevención y atención) prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation (among ...
The women in revolutionary Nicaragua played a significant and uncharacteristic role in the revolution as guerrillas in the armed forces, subsequently challenging their traditional roles as mothers and primary caregivers. Their initial entry point into the public sphere as guerrillas was a precursor to women's further involvement in more ...
Pro Mujer is a nonprofit development organization that provides financial inclusion, health and education programs to low-income women in Latin America.One of the largest women's organizations in the region, Pro Mujer operates in Argentina, Bolivia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru and Guatemala with headquarters in New York City.
National Heroines and Heroes of Nicaragua are promulgated by legal decree of the Nicaraguan Legislature. Those who receive the title are people who were instrumental in helping the country gain its independence, or who worked to maintain the sovereignty and national self-determination of the country. [ 1 ]
With the triumph of the FSLN, Leticia Herrera was removed from military work and reassigned to carry out literacy and health campaigns of the new regime, aimed at reducing infant and maternal mortality in Nicaragua. From 1985 to 1996, she was a deputy of the National Assembly of Nicaragua, and was its vice president from 1985 to 1990. [5]
The Sandinista Renovation Movement (Movimiento Renovador Sandinista or MRS, in Spanish) is a Nicaraguan political party founded on 21 May 1995. [1] It defines itself as a democratic and progressive party, made of people of all genders, that promotes the construction of a Nicaragua with opportunities, progress, solidarity, democracy, and sovereignty.