Laura Carlsen is director of the Americas Program of the Center for International Policy and a member of the Mesoamerican Women Human Rights Defenders’ Initiative.
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Published in: 50.50How women are building feminist human security in the AmericasAcross the region, women are forging alternative paths to real peace and security, rejecting militarisation and...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaSeguridad humana feminista en las Américas: una obra en construcciónLejos de la militarización y la violencia, y a costa de enormes riesgos personales, las mujeres están abriendo vías...
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Published in: 50.50Honduras: the battle to protect women human rights defendersProtection of women human rights defenders must be based on recognizing not only their existence, but also their...
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Published in: 50.50Within the hell of war lies a private hellIt is easy to think of impunity as a sin of omission. The hand not raised in protest appears genteel alongside the...
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Published in: 50.50Mexico: the war on drugs is becoming a war on women
Women human rights defenders in Mexico are increasingly targeted, often by government forces, since drug war...
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Published in: 50.50Horror and hope meet hand in hand
Blogging from the Nobel Women's Initiative conference, Laura Carlsen sees the strength in the women gathered there...