I was living in Quito, Ecuador, when I found out I was pregnant while having a miscarriage. My bleeding was heavy, so my boyfriend and I went to a hospital for help. There, doctors and nurses treated ...

Many are single heads of household, according to studies conducted by FLACSO, Ecuador’s leading social science university, in Quito. "More and more women are selling on the streets," said Lt. Ramiro ...

Ecuadorean police responded to peaceful demonstrations commemorating International Women's Day with excessive force, including striking a journalist with a club and indiscriminate use of teargas and ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Hundreds of women have angrily protested in Ecuador's capital after the congress rejected a measure that would allow abortions in all cases of rape. Some demonstrators on Friday ...

After long journeys by foot and bus, the women gathered in Ecuador’s capitol Quito to protest last week and call for a meeting with Ecuador’s president, Lenin Moreno. After several days of protest, ...

Officers in riot gear stand guard as a group of women protest in front of Ecuador's police headquarters - Copyright AFP RODRIGO BUENDIA Officers in riot gear stand ...

QUITO, Ecuador — Protesting inmates at Quito’s women’s prison released 40 remaining hostages Tuesday as a standoff at seven overcrowded prisons in five cities eased on its 10th day. Meanwhile, at ...

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean women are using code words to seek help in situations of domestic violence as the country's quarantine is creating conditions for increased abuse of women and has also ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. This article is more than 4 years old. Ecuadorian researcher María Claudia Segovia Salcedo, in Cayambe Coca National Park, Ecuador ...

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