Western Hemisphere
Dec 10, 2021
Truck in Fatal Mexican Crash Was Packed With Over 160 MigrantsGlobal NewsWall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/truck-in-fatal-mexican-crash-was-packed-with-over-160-migrants-11639176078Dec 07, 2021
Chile Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage at Fraught Political MomentGlobal NewsNew York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/07/world/americas/chile-gay-marriage.htmlDec 06, 2021
Three of a Group of Missionaries Kidnapped in Haiti Have Been ReleasedGlobal NewsNew York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/06/world/americas/hostages-haiti.htmlDec 03, 2021
Colombian authorities thwart an attempt to smuggle tarantulas, cockroaches and a scorpion out of the countryGlobal NewsWashington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/03/colombia-spiders-trafficking/Dec 02, 2021
Macri, Ex-President of Argentina, Is Charged With Illegal SurveillanceGlobal NewsNew York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/02/world/americas/marci-submarine-espionage.htmlDec 02, 2021
Super-strict abortion laws in Paraguay forced many girls under 14 to give birth, researchers sayGlobal NewsWashington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/02/paraguay-child-teenage-pregnancy-abortion/Dec 02, 2021
Argentina recorded more than 250 femicides in 2020, one every 35 hoursGlobal NewsWashington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/photography/2021/12/02/argentina-suffered-more-than-250-femicides-2020-one-every-35-hours/Dec 01, 2021
El Salvador violated rights of woman who died in prison while serving 30-year abortion sentence, international court findsGlobal NewsWashington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/01/el-salvador-abortion-rights-manuela/Nov 30, 2021
Barbados, Formally Casting Off the Queen, Becomes a RepublicGlobal NewsNew York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/world/americas/barbados-queen-republic-rihanna.htmlNov 29, 2021
Honduras Election Front-Runner Vows New Era but Is Tied to PastGlobal NewsNew York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/world/americas/honduras-election-xiomara-castro.htmlFeatured Publications
2021
In Brief: Beyond COVID-19: A Feminist Plan for Sustainability and Social JusticeUN Women
https://www.unwomen.org/-/media/headquarters/attachments/sections/library/publications/2021/brief-plan-for-equal-en.pdf?la=en&vs=4300Sep 25, 2020
Access to justice and the COVID-19 pandemicOECD
https://read.oecd-ilibrary.org/view/?ref=136_136486-rcd8m6dvng&title=Access-to-justice-and-the-COVID-19-pandemic&_ga=2.172033184.2029195142.1626275178-1139618518.1626100939July 2020
Use of New Technologies for Consistent and Proactive Screening of Vulnerable PopulationsVulnerable PopulationsUnited Nations University Institute in Macau
https://i.unu.edu/media/cs.unu.edu/page/4740/AppriseReport_FINAL.pdf