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Cuba presents achievements in gender equality in Ibero-Am meeting (+Photo)

Published on: December 2, 2022
07:14

Santiago, Chile, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) Cuban women account for a majority in the legal sector and the country currently marks the second largest number worldwide with the highest proportion of seats held by them in Parliament, First Deputy Justice Minister Rosabel Gamón said in this capital.

Cuba denounces damage from US blockade before Indian women’s press

Published on: November 3, 2022
09:45

New Delhi, Nov 3 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Ambassador in New Delhi Alejandro Simancas on Thursday denounced the damage caused by the criminal blockade imposed by the United States Government on the Caribbean island before the Indian Women's Press Corps.

Colombian, Caribbean women and CodePink call for justice for Cuba

Published on: September 21, 2022
09:35

Bogota, Sep 21 (Prensa Latina) Removing Cuba from the US list of countries sponsoring terrorism is one of CodePink´s tasks, shared with the participants at the First International Meeting "Caribbean is Women."

It would take nearly three centuries to achieve gender equality – UN

Published on: September 7, 2022
18:48

United Nations, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) If current rate of progress continues, it could take nearly 300 years to achieve gender equality, according to an analysis released Wednesday by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) inquiry on meeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while adding it will take up to 286 years to close gaps in legal protection and eliminate discriminatory laws.

European countries must learn from Cuba, says MEP

Published on: September 7, 2022
18:25

Havana, Sep 7 (Prensa Latina) Deputy to the European Parliament Sandra Pereira, from Portugal, said on Wednesday European nations must learn from Cuba in terms of guaranteeing public services such as health and education.

Forty-three people arrested in China after attack on women

Published on: August 29, 2022
09:05

Beijing, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) The authorities in North China's Hebei province on Monday reported the arrest of 43 people, including eight officials, for the beating that a gang gave four women in the city of Tangshan.

Public Health Minister Jose Angel Portal congratulates Cuban women

Published on: August 23, 2022
14:24

Havana Aug 23 (Prensa Latina) Public Health Minister Jose Angel Portal congratulated Cuban women on Tuesday on the 62nd Anniversary of the Cuban Women's Federation (FMC).

Cuban authorities: role of women in Cuban science is essential

Published on: August 23, 2022
07:17

Havana, Aug 23 (Prensa Latina) The presence of Cuban women is decisive in the economic and social development of the country, where their participation in the field of science is essential, according to authorities.

Colloquium on women and politics in history to be held in Cuba

Published on: August 3, 2022
08:53

Havana, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Casa de las Americas on Wednesday invited researchers to participate in the International Colloquium on Politics in the History and Culture of Latin American and Caribbean Women, to be held in 2023.

Uruguay reports 19 femicides in first half of 2022

Published on: July 19, 2022
00:15

Montevideo, Jul 19 (Prensa Latina) In the first half of 2022, 19 femicides were reported in Uruguay, six more than in the same period of the previous year, according to statistics released recently.

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