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Being female and a journalist in Latin America

Eight female journalists, eight countries, eight stories, eight circumstances with both different challenges and issues to be faced. This is the daily life of female journalists in Latin America. Español

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Women's March Brazil, 2017. Source: Wikimedia commons. All Rights Reserved.

Previously published by Cerosetenta and available here.

Estefanía Avella, journalist for 070

Being a journalist and a woman in Latin America is going against the grain. In the 21st century we must continue defending, defending ourselves as women able to challenge power, to set an agenda, to defend equality, to take editorial decisions, to reach management positions, to put an end to the idea that politics and justice are exclusive and reserved themes for men.