(Nicaragua) Court Downgrades Rape to “Fit of Passion”
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Kenia Morales – Nicaragua Dispatch – Friday, 21 June 2013 (originally published 19 June) Nicaraguan women organize to prevent further setbacks to Law 779. Image/ Kenia Morales As the Sandinista...
View ArticleValue us! Fair pay for domestic work in Nicaragua
Catherine Hoskyns – New Internationalists – 15 August 2013 (originally published 12 Aug) Adilia has been a beneficiary of funding from the initiative which she has used to buy cows and chickens. She is...
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