150 years of Germany’s abortion ban ‒ when will the “green tide” wash over to the other side of the Atlantic? Published: 6 September 2021 Commentary The “marea verde” – the “green tide” – has spread across the whole of Latin America. Can it make waves in Germany too? By Ni una Menos Berlin
Contradictory Mexico Published: 31 October 2014 Mexican state of Coahuila introduces same-sex marriage – the Heinrich Böll Foundation promotes human rights and equality for lesbian, gay and trans* individuals. By Caroline Ausserer
Feminicide Published: 24 February 2011 In April 1998, Sam Dillon, at the time a correspondent for the New York Times, wrote about a series of murders perpetrated against women in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez. Dillon noted how, as early as 1993, Oscar Máynez, a government criminologist, had pointed out that almost all the victims were slender young women with a cinnamon complexion and long hair. Máynez had suggested a serial killer was at work, but the authorities did not want to know.
“Soft” feminism via the mass media Published: 24 February 2011 In 1988, five women journalists wanted to go beyond simply producing feminist monthly supplements. They were determined to put the realities of women’s lives onto the front page, and get gender relations taken into account everywhere in the male-dominated country of Mexico.
The Complexities of the Mexican Secular State and the Rights of Women Published: 5 October 2010 July 2010 By Ana Amuchástegui, Guadalupe Cruz, Evelyn Aldaz & María Consuelo Mejía
