Introducing ‘Indomitable’
Journalists unite across borders to report on women and girls in Central America
Journalists unite across borders to report on women and girls in Central America
The series with leaders from all walks of life focuses not on current events or newsworthy solutions, but on something very concrete. How do these people maintain hope in the face of difficult headlines? This month: former Costa Rican Vice President Epsy Campbell.
Girls in El Salvador have increasingly limited access to sex education. This investigation by Revista Factum and La Sala: Mujeres en la Redacción reveals how cuts to the basic health budget have also left them vulnerable to teenage pregnancy and school dropout.
While a presidential veto and the inaction of the Constitutional Court keep a reform to the age of consent frozen, this investigation reveals how Guatemala maintains a legal vacuum that leaves thousands of survivors of sexual violence and forced pregnancies unprotected.
Journalists unite across borders to report on women and girls in Central America, and their reproductive rights
LatAm SoJo Fund Fellow Jose Ignacio Estupiñán Martínez won the Silvia Galvis Journalism Award in Colombia this week.
Families in Tárcoles, on Costa Rica’s Central Pacific coast, have relied on small scale fishing for years—but this way of life is increasingly precarious. An alternative, fishing tours, has brought new opportunities.
The lionfish is an invasive species that is damaging the coral reefs along Costa Rica's southern Caribbean coast. Local fishermen hold lionfish fishing tournaments to try to reduce the population.
Tourism initiatives centered on sport fishing require much more than a healthy ocean. It depends on trained personnel both on and off the water who can meet ever client’s needs. In Costa Rica’s Central and Southern Pacific, this is what’s being promoted and protected.
With the support of DW Akademie, we interviewed 13 journalists from the Latinamerica Solutions Journalism Fund about the impact of practicing this type of journalism.