When Life Goes Dark
BY LISSETH SANTOS TRANSLATION BY MAYA GREENBERG The traditional practice of raising children and teenagers…
Reggaeton and the Emancipation of Women
By: Keren Esobar It’s incredible how something we consider detestable can mean the opposite to…
“Civilization” of Indigenous Peoples in the Twenty-First Century
Emma Chirix To talk about the civilization of Indigenous Peoples through education implies placing…
Exiled Maya leader Lolita Chávez: Nightmares of the past, dreams of the future
Interview by Patricia Macías Aura Lolita Chávez Ixcaquic, 47 years old, is a Maya K’iché…
Guatemala’s teen mothers: behind the shocking statistics
In 2014, 71,000 pregnancies were registered in girls 10-19 years old. Photo: Girl at the…
War in five letters: WOMAN
By Keren Escobar It's said that when war breaks out you hear a child’s crying…
Regina José Galindo’s Telarañas
By Ediciones del Pensativo This year, Ediciones del Pensativo published Telarañas, a book of poetry by…
Bodies and Lands: Scenes of Struggle
By Ana Cofiño, Editor of the Antigua-based feminist magazine La Cuerda Members of women’s movements speak…
Invisible Women
By Patricia Macías Lopez In Guatemala, 660 women were killed just last year, 112…