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Cover of OBMICA impulsa la prevención y respuesta a la violencia contra las mujeres en Verón–Punta Cana y Elías Piña con el apoyo del Fondo Canadá para Iniciativas Locales

ArticlesSeptember 16, 2026Spanish

OBMICA impulsa la prevención y respuesta a la violencia contra las mujeres en Verón–Punta Cana y Elías Piña con el apoyo del Fondo Canadá para Iniciativas Locales

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Unprotected Motherhood

This book, Unprotected Motherhood: New Challenges for Migrant Women in the Provinces of Elias Pina and La Altagracia, authored by Bridget Wooding, analyzes the evolution of new Dominican public health policies since 2020 in the post-pandemic period, their implementation, and their effects on the sexual and reproductive health of affected migrant women and their families.

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Impacts of COVID-19 on the Haitian Migrant Population and Their Descendants in the Dominican Republic's Border Region with Haiti - Migracion y Desarrollo, volume 22, issue 42

Abstract. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed and deepened existing inequalities affecting Haitian migrants and their stateless descendants in the Dominican Republic. A key dimension of this inequality remains access to identity documentation, which is essential for health services and social protection. This article presents findings from a study in the southern border region and analyzes the structural precarity faced by this population.

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Photographer for a Book Project on Statelessness, Nationality, and Citizenship Practices in the Caribbean

Project Background This book project aims to document and illustrate issues related to statelessness, nationality, and citizenship practices in the Caribbean and its diaspora. The book will include short stories, personal narratives, poems, and essays, all of which will require high-quality images to complement the text. The photographs will seek to capture experiences, dynamics...

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Photographer for a Book Project on Statelessness, Nationality, and Citizenship Practices in the Caribbean

March 14, 2025

Project Background This book project aims to document and illustrate issues related to statelessness, nationality, and citizenship practices in the Caribbean and its diaspora. The book will include short stories, personal narratives, poems, and essays, all of which will require high-quality images to complement the text. The photographs will seek to capture experiences, dynamics...

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Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Meeting, March 2025

March 01, 2025

At this meeting, Haitian feminist women leaders highlighted the rise of gender-based violence, exclusion from decision-making spaces, and the denial of the resources needed to bring about change. On March 14 in New York, the Haitian Women's Collective, N?g?s Mawon, and the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti organized a side event to discuss the country's deep crisis...

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New Resources Available, March 2025

March 01, 2025

The Guide to Good Practices for the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Children on the Move in the Americas aims to present good practices that contribute to the integral development, well-being, and protection of the rights of children and adolescents on the move across the American continent. Seeking to strengthen the regional system for the protection and promotion of children's rights in...

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New Resources Available - March 2025

March 01, 2025

The Guide to Good Practices for the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Children on the Move in the Americas aims to present good practices that contribute to the integral development, well-being, and protection of the rights of children and adolescents on the move across the American continent. Seeking to strengthen the regional system for the protection and promotion of children's rights in...

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OBMICA Newsletter Editorial March 2025

March 01, 2025

The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995), approved by 189 member states at the Fourth World Conference on Women, marked a milestone for women and girls worldwide. Since then, feminist and civil society organizations have advanced this agenda by contributing a critique of neoliberal globalization, a feminist approach to macroeconomic policies, and a perspective that...

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