National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health

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We Need An Attitude Change: Policies Must Support, Not Stigmatize Young Mothers

Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas | Posted 10.23.2012 | Latino Voices

Discussions about teen pregnancy, educational attainment and poverty tend to link young motherhood to less education and lower earnings, without taking into account the many barriers that Latinas face in trying to access higher education and higher-paying jobs.

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Is Arizona the Worst Place in the Country to Be a Latina?

Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas | Posted 08.20.2012 | Latino Voices

Something is very wrong in Arizona. And if the U.S. Supreme Court does not intervene, Latinas in the state will live under one of the harshest immigration laws in the country -- one that that is sure to encourage further stigmatization of people of color.

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Sex, Politics, and the Single Latina

Melissa Blanco Borelli | Posted 05.08.2012 | Latino Voices

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Fortunately, as free agents, women enjoy inalienable rights to express themselves in multiple ways, particularly by having the freedom to have sex whenever and with whomever we please.

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