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MEXICO: Native Women Mobilise for Their Rights

ipsnews.net » 2008 » August » 29th » MEXICO: Native Women Mobilise for Their Rights

MEXICO CITY, Aug 29 (IPS) - If the Mexican government has not addressed the demands of indigenous women in the southern state of Oaxaca by the end of the first week of September, 10,000 native women will travel to the capital to directly pressure President Felipe Calderón. "We are fed up," said one of the leading activists … Continue Reading »

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