Femina
Femina
Do women lead, connect and share differently? Subscribe for the latest stories.

Latin America | Argentina | Society

How Argentina’s women took on blatant sexism to reach the World Cup

Source:
Argentina had just drawn 0-0 against Japan at Parc des Princes in Paris on Monday, yet the players collapsed in joy as if celebrating an epic victory. For the casual viewer it must have seemed an exaggerated celebration but for anyone familiar with what the Argentinian players have gone through it was completely understandable. Going back just one year, it was unclear if the team would be able to travel to France at all. Unlike the regional power that is Brazil, who can count on regular training camps and tournaments, the Argentinian women’s team has been shockingly neglected by its fede
Latin America | Argentina | Sports

INSIDE #FUTBOLFEMENINO: ARGENTINA’S NEXT BATTLEFRONT FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS

Source:
The crowd roared for the players on the confetti-strewn field in the shadow of one of Argentina’s most legendary soccer stadiums. They had come to see soccer archrivals Boca Juniors and River Plate battle it out in a match of the women’s first division. Such fanfare for a soccer match on a May afternoon might not seem notable in the land of Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona, but for a society that has long considered its prized sport a man’s game, it signals an important shift for fútbol femenino, or women's soccer. After decades of being mocked, ridiculed, and ignored, fútbol feme
Latin America | Argentina | Sports

Argentina announces professionalization of women’s soccer

Source:
Argentina's soccer association announced Saturday that the national women's league will be granted professional status, marking a milestone in a country that is home to Lionel Messi and some of the world's greatest players but still views soccer as largely a men's game. At a press conference on the outskirts of the capital of Buenos Aires, the association said that each of the 16 clubs of the women's top division must now have at least eight professional contracts with female players. The contracts must also mirror those of the professional men's league.
Latin America | Argentina | Corruption

Judge indicts former Argentine president in corruption case

Source:
Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez was indicted Tuesday in a corruption case involving public works. Federal Judge Julian Ercolini approved charges of illicit association and fraudulent administration against Fernandez, and two former aides: ex-Planning Minister Julio de Vido and former Public Works Secretary Jose Lopez. Also named was businessman Lazaro Baez, whose Austral Construcciones company allegedly benefited from irregular contracts.
Latin America | Argentina | Corruption

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, Ex-Argentine President, Indicted on Financial Charge

Source:
A judge in Argentina on Friday indicted former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and other officials on charges of manipulating the nation’s Central Bank during the final months of her administration. Mrs. Kirchner and the officials are accused of entering into contracts to sell the Central Bank’s dollars at below-market rates during her presidency in order to shore up the Argentine peso. Mrs. Kirchner has clashed with Judge Bonadio in the past, alluding to him as a gangster, and she had also unsuccessfully requested his recusal on this case. Supporters of Mrs. Kirchner contend
Latin America | Argentina | Activism

Indigenous Women In Argentina Resist Fracking

Source:
Six Mapuche women are resisting fracking operations in the Argentine Patagonia by chaining themselves to drilling rigs. Indigenous women in the Campo Maripe community in the Argentine Patagonia are actively participating in the resistance to “extractivism” by using their bodies to protest fracking. These women have put their bodies on the line, chained themselves to rigs and barricades, in order to protect their land. These six Mapuche women have taken the risk of putting their bodies on the line to stop the drilling rigs from further endangering their community. Aboriginal women ar
Latin America | Argentina | Science

Argentina Has More Women in Science—But It Hasn’t Fixed Sexism

Source:
Argentina looks like the most female-friendly place in the world for astronomers. A full 39 percent of professional astronomers there are women, which, yes, passes for remarkable when the number hovers in the teens or below in most of the rest of the world. So what’s going on in Argentina, a country which female scientists there describe as still having “‘machismo’ in the air”? I first began asking this question to astronomers—Argentinian and otherwise—after news broke that renowned UC Berkeley astronomer Geoff Marcy had been sexually harassing female students for decades. The
Latin America | Argentina | Politics

The World Must Stop its Sexist Ways, Says Argentine President

Source:
Argentine president Cristina Fernandez said Sunday that the world needs to break the sexist cultural patterns that still discriminate against women around the world, especially when it comes to policy decisions. Fernandez' statements were made during a forum for gender equality at the United Nations headquarters in New York, where over 150 world leaders gathered over the weekend to adopt the new agenda for sustainable development 2015-2030. Fernandez told the gender equality forum that women's rights should not only remain goals in the new agenda, but should be a priority for all governmen
Latin America | Argentina | Finance

Defense Minister’s 26-Year-Old Daughter Appointed Head of Bank

Source:
María Delfina Rossi, daughter of Defense Minister Agustín Rossi, was appointed head of Banco Nacíon, according to a decree published in the official bulletin last Wednesday and signed by President Cristina Kirchner and Economy Minister Axel Kiciloff. Of course, controversy arose. Some are so miffed about it that an adviser for the PRO party, Yamil Santoro, even started a petition on change.org to have her removed: “Agustina Rossi’s designation as head of the Banco Nación is arbitrary and violates the law. She’s not fit for the position and does not guarantee equal representati
Latin America | Argentina | Politics

Kirchner tells students to study Shakespeare villain to better understand debt crisis

Source:
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said Argentina's economic woes could be understood through reading "The Merchant of Venice," which involves a cruel Jewish moneylender seeking revenge on his debtors, reports the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. She described in her Spanish-language tweets shortly after the meeting that she asked the 10-years-olds about which Shakespeare play they were reading and they responded "Romeo and Juliet." She tweeted "I said, you have to read the 'Merchant of Venice' to understand the vulture funds," and that everyone laughed. "No, don't laugh,"
Latin America | Argentina | Politics

Lawyer: Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez took meeting with Snowden

Source:
Argentina's president reportedly met with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden during a recent visit to Moscow. The meeting took place after evidence provided by Snowden detailed British spying in Argentina. Argentina President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner met with American whistleblower Edward Snowden in Moscow while making a visit to Russia in April, Snowden lawyer Anthony Romero said Thursday. Romero, who is director of the American Civil Liberties Union, said the meeting lasted two hours and took place after Argentinian media, citing evidence provided by Snowden, reported that Britain
Latin America | Argentina | Activism

‘Not One Woman Less’: Massive Demonstration Highlights Killings of Women in Argentina

Source:
"They are killing us all, and we aren't even a real statistic," Noelia Fioritti, a 19-year old student, told VICE News while standing in front of Argentina's National Congress in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. "I'm here because I want the authorities to be aware of this problem." The problem is femicide, or the gender-related homicides of women, and it was the focus of a massive demonstration that took place in Argentina's capital and in more than 70 cities across the country. Protests against the violent killings of women in Latin America were also organized in Miami, Santiago, and Mon
Latin America | Argentina | Crimes

Campaign Against Femicides Picks Up Steam In Latin America

Source:
Argentineans are gearing up for a march this week to draw attention to violence against women following the murder of a pregnant 14-year-old girl that galvanized widespread outrage. But the campaign isn’t stopping there: Women in Chile and Uruguay are also organizing marches as the movement against femicides -- the killing of women motivated by gender -- spreads across the region. Demonstrators are set to gather in at least 70 cities across Argentina, as well as Montevideo, Uruguay, and Santiago, Chile, Wednesday as part of the #NiUnaMenos (“Not One Less”) campaign that spread through
Latin America | Argentina | Politics

President tries to circumvent Senate to appoint Supreme Court judges

Source:
The Argentine Supreme Court confronted the executive branch of the government after turning down President Cristina Kirchner’s nominees for “associate judges” appointed by her and her cabinet. Nominees must be approved by the Senate with a majority of least two-thirds. Kirchner attempted to avoid the Senate, insisting that these associate judges would be part of the court under “special circumstances.”

Read the world's local women's news


How does Femina work?

  • Step 1
    1
    Local Country Editors From Around the World
  • Step 2
    2
    Choose News Articles From Their Countries’ Local Language Papers
  • Step 3
    3
    Summarize & Contextualize The Stories In English

Got it!

Thanks for registering!

Swipe for more Top Stories


Got it!