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February 26, 2019 | Megan Janetsky | Health, Immigration, International
Maternal mortality up 83% along Venezuela border as migrants flee country

As Venezuela spirals from rampant hyperinflation and violent political clashes, a health crisis has stricken the South American country, it’s the most vulnerable migrants—children, babies and pregnant women—who are being hit the hardest.

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February 24, 2019 | Raphael Tsavkko Garcia | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
Bolsonaro’s new gun law could put Brazil’s women in the line of fire

In January 2019, Brazil's newly-elected president Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree relaxing restrictions on gun ownership, a move that could endanger women further in a country ranked first in the world for firearm mortality and fifth for femicides.

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February 11, 2019 | Angelika Albaladejo | Feminism, International, Violence against women
Three generations of Colombian women rap to transform Medellín

From grandmother to granddaughters, the Yepes women use "conscious rap" to retake their community in Medellín from the image and legacy of Pablo Escobar.

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