100 YEARS AGO Tuesday, May 16, 1922 First public women’s political gathering held under new law Following the announcement that the law passed by the last session of the Imperial Diet giving Japanese women the privilege of attending political meetings, a law promulgated May 10, a thousand or more women attended and participated in the
Issued on: 06/04/2022 – 01:58 Chileans will vote in a mandatory referendum on September 4 to approve or reject a new constitution to replace the one enacted in 1980 by the regime of dictator Augusto Pinochet, the government said Tuesday. The country, which elected a leftist president in December after a polarising race, is going through
” After the right to suffrage, this is the most important historic achievement, for the life, autonomy and complete and equal awareness of women,” Bogota mayor Claudia Lopez tweeted.Colombia is now the fifth Latin American country to legalize abortion access, along with Argentina, Uruguay, Cuba and Guyana.In Mexico, the procedure is licensed for up to
