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Hundreds of Indigenous March in Paraguay

April 20, 2012 Some three hundred representatives of Paraguay’s Indigenous peoples demonstrated in the capital city of Asunción yesterday, marking the Day of the American Indigenous and demanding access to education, health and ancestral lands. Read more
Photo: Courtesy of Andrés David Aparicio Alfonso

Ahead of the Summit: An Afro-Colombian Letter to Obama

April 13, 2012 We're not going to complain or request solutions. Welcome to Colombia, a country that in the last past 200 years has tried to align itself to your ideals of liberty and equality, with more or less mediocre results. Read more
Photo: Courtesy of WITNESS.org

Racial Inclusion and Dilma Rousseff’s Washington Agenda

April 10, 2012 In both countries, organizations concerned with racial equality hope that the conversation between the two presidents helps to renew efforts for Plan JAPER, a joint-country effort to combat racism. Read more
Photo: Courtesy of Daniel Valencia

AQ Slideshow: La Transformación de Ecosistemas Amazónicos

March 28, 2012 La minería aurífera ilegal nos deja un paisaje lúgubre, producto de operaciones que degradan y transforman los ecosistemas amazónicos. Así mismo, organizan la sociedad alrededor de puestos de trabajo en condiciones deplorables. Parte de este negocio también corrompe los asentamientos aledaños ya da lugar a un ambiente de desgobierno. Read more
Photo: Courtesy of Daniel Valencia

La Minería Informal en la Amazonía

March 19, 2012 En la Amazonía Peruana, las áreas naturales protegidas buscan salvaguardar que los ríos, bosques, hábitats de especies animales y de comunidades nativas; puedan perpetuarse en el perfecto equilibrio de los ecosistemas amazónicos. Read more
Photo: Courtesy of Szymon Kochanski

Adiós a Domitila Chungara, Una Héroe para los Derechos de las Mujeres

March 15, 2012 El martes 13 pasado murió una mujer de roble que en 1978 inició una huelga de hambre que acabó con la dictadura de siete años del Gral. Hugo Bánzer Suárez en Bolivia. Read more
Photo: Courtesy of Flickr user "photogirl212"

International Women’s Day: Progress in the Caribbean

March 8, 2012 Today is the 101st observation of International Women’s Day, a time to shine the global spotlight on the economic, political and social achievements of women Read more

Americas Society Releases White Paper on Political Participation and Social Inclusion

March 8, 2012 At the end of February, Americas Society released a white paper titled Political Representation & Social Inclusion: A Comparative Study of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Guatemala as a part of its Social Inclusion Program. Read more

Americas Society Releases White Paper on Youth Market Access

March 8, 2012 At the end of February, Americas Society released a white paper titled Bringing Youth into Labor Markets: Public-Private Efforts amid Insecurity and Migration as a part of its Social Inclusion Program. Read more
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UN Achieves Millennium Development Goal

March 7, 2012 The United Nations has already met one of its Millennium Development Goals (MDG) ahead of the 2015 deadline: access to safe drinking water. Read more
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UN Report Highlights Crime Problem in the Caribbean

February 29, 2012 The UN Development Program (UNDP) is doing a commendable job of highlighting these devastating effects, in part through its recent publication of “Caribbean Human Development Report 2012: Human Development and the Shift to Better Citizen Security.” Read more
Photo: Courtesy of Hector Javier Tecum

En Guatemala, Una Mujer Maya Defiende los Derechos Humanos

February 28, 2012 A través del hemisferio occidental, activistas ciudadanos fuera del sector público luchan cotidianamente por los derechos humanos y una sociedad más justa e igual; en la comunidad maya guatemalteca, Aura Lolita Chávez es una lideresa que defiende los derechos de los pueblos mayas, y recién la entrevisté. Read more
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About the Social Inclusion portal

Welcome to AQ Online’s Social Inclusion portal—a multimedia space for dialogue and debate on systemic problems of social exclusion.

Read a post, watch a video, view a slideshow, and then comment on it. Join our bloggers in a discussion on ways to promote inclusion for underserved populations across Latin America and the Caribbean. Follow happenings on this page and become part of an online group dedicated to identifying policies and practices—among businesses, governments and civil society—that can reverse endemic exclusion for indigenous groups, Afro-Latinos, urban and rural poor, and women. Read more

Social Inclusion in the News

  • UN warns on human rights challenges
    Latinamerica Press
    March 5, 2012
    The UNHRC also said that indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities are not adequately protected against attacks and are left with “the lack of enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights, and by continued social marginalization and exclusion.
  • Humala, Correa set agenda based on social inclusion & development
    Andina
    March 1, 2012
    Peru and Ecuador will establish specific goals of social development in the Border Integration Zone for the benefit of low-income people.
  • Denmark Grants $2.4 Million to IDB to Promote Regional Gender Equalty
    Caribbean Journal
    February 28, 2012
    “Women and men should have equal opportunities,” the Danish Ambassador said. “No matter whether it is about equal access to bank loans, hospital and health service, to schools and universities or to work, women are a huge and often untapped resource in many Latin American countries.”

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