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Andrea Ixchíu is a K'iche de Totonicapán woman from Guatemala. She is a journalist and workshop facilitator dedicated to promoting indigenous women’s rights in Guatemala. Since childhood, Andrea has organized local campaigns to denounce violence against women in her community.

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Guatemala’s Highest Elections Official on Political Rights and Women’s Advancement

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Guatemala’s Highest Elections Official on Political Rights and Women’s Advancement

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Dr. María Eugenia Villagrán De León, President of the Supreme Elections Tribunal of Guatemala (TSE), has a history of transcending gender barriers and achieving great success. To her, ensuring that women have equal opportunities and are living in a safe country where they have political rights is a personal cause.

Dr. María Eugenia Villagrán De León, President of the Supreme Elections Tribunal of Guatemala (TSE), has a history of transcending gender barriers and achieving great success. To her, ensuring that women have equal opportunities and are living in a safe country where they have political rights is a personal cause.

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Guatemala: Rigoberta Menchú Running for the Long Term

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Guatemala: Rigoberta Menchú Running for the Long Term

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The first indigenous woman candidate for president of Guatemala, Rigoberta Menchú, is behind in the polls, but the very fact that she is standing is an important precedent and a sign that the political system is more open, analysts say.
To read the full article, please visit the IPS News Website.

The first indigenous woman candidate for president of Guatemala, Rigoberta Menchú, is behind in the polls, but the very fact that she is standing is an important precedent and a sign that the political system is more open, analysts say.
To read the full article, please visit the IPS News Website.

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Guatemala:The Celebrated Guatemalan Rigoberta Menchú Suffers a Complex Defeat at the Polls

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Guatemala:The Celebrated Guatemalan Rigoberta Menchú Suffers a Complex Defeat at the Polls

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She finished sixth in a field of 14, according to results released Monday, with just 3 percent of the vote. The two front-runners, Álvaro Colom and Otto Pérez Molina, will compete in a runoff on Nov. 4.
To read the full article, please visit the International Herald Tribune's Website.

She finished sixth in a field of 14, according to results released Monday, with just 3 percent of the vote. The two front-runners, Álvaro Colom and Otto Pérez Molina, will compete in a runoff on Nov. 4.
To read the full article, please visit the International Herald Tribune's Website.

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New International IDEA Resource

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30 Years of Democracy: Riding the Wave? Women’s Political Participation in Latin America. “Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in high heels.”

30 Years of Democracy: Riding the Wave? Women’s Political Participation in Latin America. “Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in high heels.”

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Guatemala: Ethics and Politics Get Divorced in Guatemala

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Guatemala: Ethics and Politics Get Divorced in Guatemala

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"She got a divorce because of her ambition and love of money," shopkeeper Dulce Álvarez told IPS, about Guatemalan former First Lady Sandra Torres' decision to end her marriage in order to sidestep the legal bar to the president's family members running for the presidency.

Like Álvarez, various Guatemalan women's groups and their leaders said the controversial decision by the wife of President Álvaro Colom, whose term ends in 2012, was "unethical", although others have viewed it as a reaction to "the marginalisation women are subjected to in this country."

 

"She got a divorce because of her ambition and love of money," shopkeeper Dulce Álvarez told IPS, about Guatemalan former First Lady Sandra Torres' decision to end her marriage in order to sidestep the legal bar to the president's family members running for the presidency.

Like Álvarez, various Guatemalan women's groups and their leaders said the controversial decision by the wife of President Álvaro Colom, whose term ends in 2012, was "unethical", although others have viewed it as a reaction to "the marginalisation women are subjected to in this country."

 

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Guatemala: The final word on the first lady

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Guatemala: The final word on the first lady

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SANDRA TORRES, who divorced the president of Guatemala in order to be eligible for a presidential run in next month’s election, has been ruled out of the contest once and for all. One of Latin America’s weirdest political sagas finally came to an end when the Constitutional Court ruled on Monday that her marriage to Álvaro Colom, the current president, made her candidacy unconstitutional.

For more reading, please visit: The Economist

SANDRA TORRES, who divorced the president of Guatemala in order to be eligible for a presidential run in next month’s election, has been ruled out of the contest once and for all. One of Latin America’s weirdest political sagas finally came to an end when the Constitutional Court ruled on Monday that her marriage to Álvaro Colom, the current president, made her candidacy unconstitutional.

For more reading, please visit: The Economist