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"We Have Committed the ’Sin’ of Showing That in Cuba There Are Also Women Who are Killed by Sexist Violence"

14ymedio, Havana, 3 May 2018 — An editorial published this Wednesday in the independent magazine Alas Tensas denounces the sequence of attacks by State Security on members of its editorial team in recent months. Pressures that seek to make the “self-proclaimed feminist media disappear.” We have been subjected to “systematic harassment and attacks over the last two months,” says the … Continue reading “"We Have Committed the ’Sin’ of Showing That in Cuba There Are Also Women Who are Killed by Sexist Violence"”

Why Do They Want to Cut Our Wings? / Alas Tensas

Alas Tensas, Editorial, 2 May 2018 – Those of us publishing the feminist magazine Alas Tensas have been subject to systematic harassment and attacks over the last two months. No doubt they want or need our independent and self-proclaimed feminist media to disappear. As the British feminist Mary Beard says in her essay The Public … Continue reading “Why Do They Want to Cut Our Wings? / Alas Tensas”

Cienfuegos To Host Cuba’s First Legal Center On Gender Violence

14ymedio, Havana, 25 October 2017 – On November 25, Cienfuegos will be the first Cuban city to open a legal counseling center on gender violence. The initiative is due to the National Union of Jurists of Cuba, with the support of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Igneris Ramirez, one of the lawyers in charge of … Continue reading “Cienfuegos To Host Cuba’s First Legal Center On Gender Violence”

The Day of the Woman in Cuba, More Honored in the Breach / 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez

14ymedio, Generation Y, Yoani Sanchez, 8 March 2017 – Lying in bed, with the light off, feeling each one of her vertebrae howling. After coming home from work she spent four hours in the kitchen, bathed her invalid mother, helped the children with their homework, went shopping and prepared an administrative report. On TV the … Continue reading “The Day of the Woman in Cuba, More Honored in the Breach / 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez”

The Voice Of Your Rights / 14ymedio, Generation Y

14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Generation Y, 4 April 2016 — What to do when you have a loudspeaker in your hand? Since 2007 when I started my blog Generation Y, this question has haunted me. Often the visibility does not benefit those who need it most and the protective umbrellas provided by access to international organizations only … Continue reading “The Voice Of Your Rights / 14ymedio, Generation Y”