women

American Black women over three times likely to die in pregnancy

Published on: July 12, 2023
15:23

United Nations, Jul 12 (Prensa Latina) Black girls and women in the United States are nearly three times more likely to die during pregnancy or in the six weeks following delivery than any other race, a UN report warned Wednesday.

Calamities suffered by migrant women in Panama are pointed out

Published on: July 8, 2023
11:09

Panama City, Jul 8 (Prensa Latina) Irregular migrant women suffer the greatest calamities on their way through the Darien jungle, in Panama, on their way to the United States, an international forum on the subject explained.

UN: World water and sanitation crisis hurts women and girls more

Published on: July 6, 2023
14:14

United Nations, Jul 6 (Prensa Latina) Approximately, 2200 million people lack drinking water at home, which affects female members of the family to a greater extent, according to a report released today. The analysis, conducted by the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) and the World Health Organization (WHO), reveals that women and girls are the most affected by the crisis associated with these issues. According to the text, they are responsible for collecting the vital liquid in seven out of every 10 homes that are deprived of the supply.

Campaign launched in Afghanistan to reopen women’s schools

Published on: July 5, 2023
10:08

Kabul, Jul 5 (Prensa Latina) Afghan Girls Education is a campaign launched today by university professors, women's rights activists and religious clerics with the objective of reopening schools and universities for women in the country.

MPs debate on the advancement of women in Cuba

Published on: July 4, 2023
16:27

Havana, Jul 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuban parliamentarians on Tuesday debated on the status of the National Program for the Advancement of Women in the First Parliamentary Workshop for Gender Equality held here, with the participation of UN authorities.

Cuba’s FMC chief urges to community shifts

Published on: June 30, 2023
18:14

Ciego de Avila, Cuba, Jun 30 (Prensa Latina) The Secretary-General of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) Teresa Amarelle on Friday urged to hit the true transformation of the community and leadership of the new generations in this central province.

Chile reports seventh consecutive increase in unemployment rate

Published on: June 30, 2023
00:15

Santiago, Chile, Jun 30 (Prensa Latina) Chile's National Statistics Institute (INE) reported that the unemployment rate in the March-May mobile quarter had an increase of 0.7 points and stood at 8.7 percent.

Diversity, women and disqualifications in Spanish electoral panorama

Published on: June 28, 2023
13:31

Madrid, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) The issues in the foreground of elections in Spain are diversity and violence against women, together with disqualifications to the president of the Spanish government: the tone of the electoral panorama.

Little public presence for women denounced in Afghanistan

Published on: June 26, 2023
13:41

Kabul, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Activist Suraya Paikan denounced today that the presence of women in ministries or any public institution is as low as the equality of gender rights in Afghanistan.

Cuban Customs shares experiences in international forum

Published on: June 25, 2023
10:26

Brussels, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) The General Customs of the Republic of Cuba (AGR) shared here, at a forum of the World Customs Organization (WCO), the experiences of female training and empowerment, the head of the Cuban institution, Nelson Cordoves, said today.

NEWS