Feminism Surges Across Latin America, From Chile to Mexico

Women are protesting across Latin America in a call to force gender politics into the arena following increasing cases of femicide and highly restrictive abortion laws.

'Justice For My Sister' Filmmaker Recalls Being Held Hostage & Raped While Trying to Rid 'Femicide' in Guatemala

Los Angeles-based Colombian and Irish-American filmmaker Kimberly Bautista is a crusader against the violent killing of women, or what she calls "femicide" in Juarez, Mexico, Guatemala and throughout Central America. That's why it's incomprehensible to learn that Bautista, a voice for those who have been silenced or abused, was held hostage and raped during the culmination of her four-year-journey making the award-winning documentary, Justice For My Sister.

Latinas & Other Minority Women Targeted For Violence

Women of color, as well as young women, older women, lesbians, disabled women and poor women are especially vulnerable to male violence.