Women Costa Rica

The case of a 13-year-old girl which came to light yesterday in Costa Rica and who is alleged to have been impregnated by her biological father has been cast in...

By Wendy Anders The Second Judicial Circuit prosecutor’s office in San José, Costa Rica detained a man yesterday, suspected of recruiting women, promising th...

By Wendy Anders Have you ever filed for child support in Costa Rica, lodged a complaint for sexual harassment, or requested a restraining order from a partne...

By Wendy Anders Costa Rica’s northern border region with Nicaragua just got a little harder for human traffickers, and a little safer for its potential and c...

By Wendy Anders Nearly 10 years after the passage of Costa Rica’s domestic violence criminalization law, women face rising rates of violence, and epidemic le...

By Wendy Anders The number of women’s marches planned across the U.S. and around the globe for Saturday, January 21, the day after Donald Trump’s inauguratio...

Montevideo, Jan. 11 — A municipal program in the Uruguayan capital is inviting non-governmental organizations to join a project to help men who have abused thei...

By Wendy Anders Downtown San José is a city which CNN recently described as having a bustling nightlife, and where “sex is for sale on nearly every corner.” ...

By Wendy Anders Costa Rica’s Renewal Party legislator, Gonzalo Ramírez, presented last week a bill that seeks to limit the expansion of abortion in the count...

As the debate in Washington, DC rages over the de-funding of Planned Parenthood, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco Department of Obstet...

Costa Rica has many talented women that work hard to stand out in their respective fields. Petra Magazine consulted 75 people, among them professionals in me...

  By Wendy Anders Female condom; Pixabay Public Domain Although 78 percent of women in relationships reported using some form of contraception, a...

By Wendy Anders The new payment service offered by Banco de Costa Rica, called Tucán, photo Facebook. Costa Rica’s left-leaning Citizen Action Party (PAC...

Sao Paulo, Dec. 6 — Colombian singer Shakira said here Tuesday that the task of being a mother has been the most difficult one in her life, admitting that combi...

By Wendy Anders Egidio Robles Gamboa, was awarded the Quality of Life Improvement Award for promoting community social action. The Costa Rican Ombudsman’...

By Wendy Anders Alejandra Mora is the head of the Costa Rican Women's Institute, dedicated to advancing and supporting women's status and involvement in soc...

The Princess of Asturias award of 2016 for International Cooperation was given to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Costa Rican Chri...

Updated on Monday, October 24. By Wendy Anders Inside the clandestine abortion clinic raided by Costa Rican police Saturday. Saturday morning Judicial...

By Wendy Anders Two pieces of good news for women were announced yesterday. Women can now call in to speak with professional counsellors at a phone line s...