To determine the stance of providers in Jamaica regarding the suggested change in abortion law, a face-to-face anonymous survey of 35 obstetrician-gynecologists and 228 general practitioners in Kingston was used to assess knowledge, opinions and practice.
Discusses the highlights of a 2-day workshop organized by Women's Global Network for Reproductive Rights (WGNRR) held in Antigua, Guatemala. The advocacy workshop which coincided with the Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network (LACWHN) members consultation meeting in October 2010 focused on access to safe and legal abortion.
Testimonios afropuertorriqueños: Un proyecto de historia oral en el oeste de Puerto Rico (Afro-Puerto Rican testimonies: An oral history project in western Puerto Rico) is a collaborative research project launched in September 2006. Its purpose is recording the voices, memories, and histories of contemporary Afro-Puerto Ricans in order to fertilize debates about racial constructions and discourses in Puerto Rico and democratize the forum of discussion, representation, and analysis of Afro-Puerto Rican history and identities.
Argues that geography and geology sparked the Haitian earthquake, but the extent of the destruction was due to the massive failure of Haitian institutions, in particular the state, and international policy, which predated the earthquake.
A photo essay entitled "Ayiti: Reaching Higher Ground" depicting Haitian people after the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti to counter the press coverage of the event, including photographs entitled "Holding Innocence," "We Can Feed the Country," and "Pretty in Pink."
