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Femicides: The War Against Women
January 23, 2020 ... in the death of a Venezuelan woman approximately every 24 hours. We include here the data collected by Zambrano: ... -
Equity, Change and Popular Power: Venezuelans Talk About the Bolivarian Revolution
March 22, 2018 ... a line of marmalade and, while increasing production from 47.75 tons in 2010 to an estimated 198 tons by the end of ... flexible schedule employment for neighbors to work during hours they are available including, for example, half-shifts ... -
Venezuela’s New Labour Law: Promoting Mutual Parental Responsibility
April 30, 2012 ... breakfast are part of his daily routine. He spends eight hours with his friends and colleagues in the bank where he ... “running” to university, where he spends almost four hours more. At the end of the day he sets off for home again ... birth of a child, the reduction of the working week by two hours, and the right for fathers [and mothers] to be absent ... -
A Crisis of Social Reproduction in Venezuela: A Conversation with Alba Carosio
July 19, 2019 ... care (few institutions offering enough childcare hours, still less for the elderly, and virtually none for the ... to be in the care of their grandmothers. The number of hours that Venezuelan women are devoting to the basic ... trying to get medicine, etc. All this means more and more hours of work and effort. The financial sanctions that the ... -
Venezuela, Chavez, and the Women’s Revolution
March 26, 2013 ... in, with some water and an empanada, she waited 10 hours to visit Chavez’s remains. “I got there and I ... -
Why Do Venezuelan Women Vote for Chavez?
April 25, 2012 ... elites and abetted by the United States. It lasted 48 hours. The catalyst for its end was the tens of thousands ... [vi] In general, the Venezuelan economy has grown 47.4% in ten years (4.3% per annum). Among the many ... -
Venezuela’s Femicide Monitor: A Conversation with Aimee Zambrano
July 25, 2020 ... in times of crisis. In Venezuela, women stood in lines for hours on end, when there were food shortages. Women are the ... In addition to that, the flagrancy period lasts 48 hours, victims can have accompaniment by women’s ... and girls into confined quarters with their aggressors 24-hours-a-day, seven days a week. On top of that, the lockdown ... -
Venezuela Promotes Breastfeeding over Baby Food, Corporate Media Spins Out of Control
June 20, 2013 Venezuela’s national assembly is debating a reform to its breastfeeding law which could see baby food companies like Nestle fined in certain situations. The corporate media have reacted hysterically to the law, claiming that President Nicolas Maduro is “taking bottles from babies’ mouths”. -
Update: Childcare Workers Suspend Vigil, Begin Negotiations inside Venezuela’s National Assembly
June 5, 2014 Ten days ago, with at least one representative from each of Venezuela’s 23 states, some 100 childcare workers gathered for a vigil outside the National Assembly. They vowed they would stay until the government acted on their demands for a living wage, benefits and recognition as workers. -
Amid the COVID-19 Lockdown, the Feminist Emergency Must be Addressed
April 13, 2020 ... reports of violence against women, which operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in accordance with Article 33, ... -
Limited Shelter for Women
March 9, 2009 Fed up with her partner's beatings late one night, Josefina decided to leave. But where could she go at that time of night, when she lived in such a dangerous area? Her neighbourhood, a shanty town in the Venezuelan capital, is effectively controlled by gangs that resort to shootouts to settle their differences. -
The 2002 Coup: Destabilization and Revolution in Today’s Venezuela
April 11, 2016 ... armed forces Chavez returned to the presidency within 48 hours despite the opposition’s hope to topple the ... -
“Now is the time!”: Struggle for Sexual Diversity in Venezuela
August 21, 2012 In this interview, Maria Gabriela Blanco of the Revolutionary Alliance of Sex-Gender Diversity, discusses the building of the sexual diversity movement and the obstacles faced, the meaning of 'socialism' and the importance of the upcoming elections. -
Rural Women and the Future of Campesino Life in Venezuela: A Conversation with Emma Ortega
March 3, 2022 ... In fact, the National Guard came to my home and gave me 24 hours to leave Lara state. Fortunately, I got help from some ... -
Gender in Venezuela
March 9, 2009 ... established. With a woman from a rural zone, who lives 8 hours from the towns, who has spent her entire life in a ...
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