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.
We examine the achievements and limitations of the sex education implemented in Costa Rica. Produced as part of the "La Sala: mujeres en la redacción" journalism grant.
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.
In the world of sport fishing, women participate in pre-fishing activities (such as preparing food for the crews) and post-fishing activities (filleting, selling the catch, and cooking). A school that started in Guanacaste and is now located in Puntarenas seeks to integrate women into the workforce on tourist and sport fishing vessels.
