Another year to grow without violence
Before the start of COVID-19 in Cuba, women devoted a weekly average of 14 hours more than men to non-remunerated housework (ENIG, 2016). They have taken on most of the extra burden within homes by caring for families during the pandemic and are also the ones who can be more vulnerable to male chauvinist violence in a context of isolation.…, Karen Alcázar Noda, 16 , Gender issues are familiar for Karen. She has observed the growing leadership of her mother and other Christian women congregated at the Presbyterian Church in her hometown of Los Palos, in Nueva Paz, Mayabeque province. “Most of what we learn is by imitation or because of what we hear and is customary”, she says. More recently, she has witnessed…, Valia Melissa Massip, 15, Valia lives in the municipality of Jiguaní, in Granma. This province in the east of Cuba has the second-highest rate of adolescent fertility in the country (68.8 in 2018). Relevant studies confirm that some families force their daughters to get married if they have sexual relations for the first time or become pregnant. Family pressure, social…, Dagmar López Albelo, 17, Mídete puts no limits on the capacity of adolescents to appropriate the campaign and amplify its messages and initiatives. Proof of this can be offered by Dagmar, who lives in La Sierpe, in the province of Sancti Spíritus. At the Camilo Cienfuegos Pre-University Institute, where she studies, activities were organized on the closing of the Week for…
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