Rural women face persistent inequality in social protection and wages, worsened by conflict and climate change, limiting access to resources, health and wellbeing, and perpetuating intergenerational poverty, according to the UN and ILO. María Julia Mayoral Women in the 25 – 34 age range are 25% more likely […]
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From landscape to rubbish: Cuban art and meditation in Costa Rica
Between contemplation and environmental critique, Tomás Sánchez uses his residence in Costa Rica to develop art where nature, meditation and ecological awareness intertwine in universal landscapes. Alejandro Gómez In the suburb of San Antonio de Escazú, this Cuban painter’s house looks a lot like one of his pictures. […]
Building alternative futures through responsible freedom
Freedom as self-determination balances cultural constraints with the potential to build alternative futures, demonstrating how everyday actions can drive significant social change. (The Prisma memoris) Mabel Encinas I started last term by asking my students to write what their purposes in life are, a question that my father has […]
Between curiosity and distance: Hispanics in China
The Hispanic presence in China remains limited, yet academic exchanges are expanding. Latin American and Spanish students describe language barriers, cultural distance, everyday experiences and episodes of exclusion within a society undergoing rapid transformation.
Invisible violence: immigrant women caught in the silence
Immigrant women who suffer from domestic abuse in a new and alien country live hellishly isolated in their own homes. They have no-one to turn to and feel obliged to stay with their partners, who they economically and socially depend on. (The Prisma memoirs) _ Miriam Valero Many immigrant […]
















