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- The statistics of gender violence in El Salvador
- More that 15 percent of all Salvadorans don't consider acts of sexual violence a crime, according to a public opinion poll about gender-based violence.
- One step forward in campaign to end violence against women
- El Salvador’s legislative assembly passes new law regarding violence against women.
- "La Ruta del Arte" an artistic way to prevent gender-based violence
- Music, dance, theatre, and painting help teach young people how to stop violence against women and girls in El Salvador.
- With small but steady steps, Haitians work to make better lives for themselves in the countryside
- A key to decentralizing Haiti is to create more opportunities in its rural regions.
- A source of income, funded by savings
- Women in Central America are leading efforts to reduce poverty, the overall purpose of the Millennium Development Goals, through participation in Oxfam ...
- Sewing for Change
- Women from small savings groups win their share of a national bid.
- Fixing up the land, little by little
- Farmer Lucas Izapo says it could take three or four more years to recover his land. Part III of III
- Coffee cooperatives still rebuilding after Stan
- How Guatamalan coffee cooperatives are recovering from heavy rains. Part I of III
- The tipping point in Guatemala
- In Baja Verapaz Oxfam and local partners are helping small farmers cope with a food crisis that could have been prevented.
- Food crisis in Guatemala
- Oxfam and local partners help farmers cope with crop failures, food shortages.
- Modern urban Latin music to prevent gender violence
- Oxfam America’s Gender Violence Prevention campaign supports local upcoming artists while contributing to cultural change and new youth practices.
- New deadlines not enough to finalize a 'development' trade round
- Oxfam in Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean
- All across this diverse and beautiful territory, new faces of leadership are emerging. Women, rural communities, and small farmers are adding their voices to ...
- OXFAMExchange Spring 2008
- Raising a generation without fear
- Farmers in the US speak out
- Farmers in the US and Central America had similar concerns about DR-CAFTA.
- Training and jobs to empower rural women
- The construction of greenhouses creates employment, which empowers them economically, while training leads to the emergence of new women leaders.
- Cuba: Emerging from the crisis
- After 15 years of economic crisis, Cuba is still facing significant challenges. But there are real signs that Cuba is starting to move forward.
- Oxfam in Cuba
- After 15 years of economic crisis, Cuba is still facing significant challenges. But there are real signs that Cuba is starting to move forward.
- "We are united"
- An indigenous Q'eq'chi community in Guatemala struggles to defend its agricultural land.
- Grounds for Change
- Market volatility and declining terms of trade, along with inadequate access to infrastructure, financial resources, and market information, put sustainable ...
- "The" Trade Debate
- DR-CAFTA became a symbolic debate about free trade in the Americas—and the world.
- Cuba: Going Against the Grain
- A Raw Deal for Rice Under DR-CAFTA
- OXFAMExchange Spring 2003
- Red Tomato, ethnic discrimination and the Mayan defense, clearing landmines in Afghanistan, and community radio breathes life into democracy in Senegal
- OXFAMExchange Spring 2004
- Engendering an Equitable Society: Focus on Women's Rights
- Interview: Victor Campos
- Victor Campos, 46, a civil engineer specializing in environmental issues, works for Centro Alexandro Von Humboldt, an Oxfam partner from Nicaragua.
- Interview: Mario Rodriguez
- Mario Rodriguez, 40, an economist specializing in intellectual property, works for CIDECA, an Oxfam partner in Guatemala.
- Interview: Jose Angel Tolentino
- Jose Angel Tolentino, 43, an economist specializing in international trade, works for FUNDE, an Oxfam partner in El Salvador.
- In Texistepeque, El Salvador, farmers question wisdom of relying on mining
- Concerns about water and land lead to a debate about the role of mining in long-term economic development.
- A new campaign led by women
- A call for more resources and better laws, along with education for women and all young people, will reduce violence.
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