In this space we will try to highlight stories of women's struggles, visions and reflections. We hope that these stories are seeds  that will inspire all of us in our struggles. 

Café Femenino is the story of a group of women in Peru and their struggle for respect and self-determination.  Their experiences tell us how they confront gender inequities at various levels: those that are present within communities as well as those that emanate from the interactions of marginalized communities with national and global processes. Click on the link below to read a brief report prepared by one of our researchers, Vivian Jimé nez, in collaboration with Isabel Uriarte Latorre of  PROASSA, an organization that supports Café Femenino.  Vivian is also a doctoral candidate at OISE, University of Toronto.
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Listen to an audio report by Jennifer Moore (broadcast as part of Dispatches, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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The Centre for Research and Information on Multiethnic Women (CEIMM)recently hosted a course for indigenous and afrodescendant Women on the theme of human rights. The objective of t he course was to provide a space in which women were able to theorize their lived experiences as academics, practitioners, mothers, and active participants in their communities. Click on the link below to read a brief report prepared by one of our researchers, Dolores Figueroa, who was part of  the team which put together the course. Dolores is a doctoral student in Sociology at York University .
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Read selected reports from the course in Spanish ...
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