Members of the indigenous guard of the native community of Puerto Nuevo, of the Amazonian Kakataibo people, located in the central-eastern jungle of Peru. Credit: Courtesy of Marcelo…
Read more Government Indifferent to Invasion of Drug Traffickers in the Peruvian AmazonWomen’s demonstrations to demand respect for their rights are held in Latin American cities on Mar. 8, International Women’s Day, calling on governments in the region to invest…
Read more Stepping Up Investment in Latin American Women is Imperative“He who loves does not kill, does not humiliate or mistreat” reads a poster carried in a protest against violence against women in Lima, the capital of Peru,…
Read more Latin America Still Has a Long Way to Go to Eliminate Gender ViolenceFermina Quispe (fourth from the right, standing) poses for photos together with other farmers from the Women’s Association of Huerto de Nueva Esperanza, which she chairs and with…
Read more Community Solutions Combat Water Shortages in Peru’s Highlandsby Mariela Jara (lima) Thursday, September 28, 2023 Inter Press Service LIMA, Sep 28 (IPS) – Nearly 700,000 people have migrated internally in Peru due to the effects of…
Read more Peru Faces Challenge of Climate Change-Driven Internal MigrationWhile cooking on one side of her wooden tin-roofed house, Mercedes Marcahuachi describes her long day’s work to meet the needs of her household and of the soup…
Read more Women in Peru’s Poor Urban Areas Combat the Crisis at the Cost of Their WellbeingMartina Santa Cruz, a peasant farmer from the village of Sacllo in the southern Peruvian Andes highlands department of Cuzco, is pleased with her remodeled kitchen where a…
Read more Healthy Homes – A Right of Rural Families in PeruHer hands loaded with crates, Susan Quintanilla, a union leader of agro-export workers in the department of Ica in southwestern Peru, gets ready to collect different vegetables and…
Read more Perus Agro-Export Boom Has not Boosted Human DevelopmentLourdes Barreto squats in her greenhouse garden in the village of Huasao in the municipality of Oropesa, in the Andes highlands of the southern Peruvian department of Cuzco,…
Read more Agroecological Women Farmers Boost Food Security in Perus HighlandsOn the suspension bridge that crosses the Vilcanota River, in the village of Secsencalla, in the Andes highlands region of Cuzco, Peru, a group of men who have…
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