Las Titas

Our independent, women-run media organization shares in-depth journalism about solutions to environmental and social challenges—including mental health, which is under threat like never before in Costa Rica and Central America. Contact us to suggest a mental health solution we should cover in Central America in 2024, or to learn more about how to partner with us as a donor or sponsor so that we can share more solutions across the region.

Katherine Stanley Obando - June 10, 2023

This week, we were honored to receive one of the first-ever Carework Network Awards for El Colectivo 506's October 2022 edition, "Las Titas." This inspiring...

Las Titas

El Colectivo 506 honored by the jury of Costa Rica’s Pío Víquez National Journalism Award

Katherine Stanley Obando - April 2, 2023

Our media organization, founded and led by women passionate about in-depth solutions journalism, has been honored by the jury of Costa Rica's Pío Víquez...

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Can Costa Rican municipalities safeguard caregivers’ mental health?

Katherine Stanley Obando - December 10, 2022

“Mom, don’t do that. Mom, make sure you don’t fall down. Mom, you ok over there?” Psychologist Giselle Chanto is trying to show me how...

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Podcast in Spanish: Caregiving as a shared public-private responsibility in Costa Rica

El Colectivo 506 - November 30, 2022

Mónica Quesada Cordero reads her report in Spanish from the October 2022 edition, 'Las Titas', which focused on inequalities in care work and the...

Las Titas

In Tibás, paying it forward

Mónica Quesada Cordero - October 31, 2022

Rocío Monge, 63, and Enrique Barreda, 64, have lived in Tibás all their lives. When they were a young couple, they built their house...