I was 5 years old when I first had that sensation that comes from your gut when you know something isn’t right. Not a feeling of danger, but of righteous […]
Author: Pam Redela
I work for pay as a professor of Women's Studies and Spanish Literature, Language and Culture. I currently teach for Cal State San Marcos and National University. My research focuses on violence in all of its forms, but concentrates on searching for solutions to the specific gender-based violence that is inflicted upon women around the world.
PBS Draws Attention to Human Rights Crisis in Guatemala
PBS’s new two-part report on women in Guatemala, which aired this week, shines a much-needed light on a mounting crisis of women’s health, rights and safety while offering a glimmer […]
Use Your Power: Get Guatemala on the I-VAWA Watchlist
This fall, the International Violence Against Women Act of 2010 (I-VAWA) is before Congress. This legislation is groundbreaking and needs our efforts to pass. I-VAWA presents a critical opportunity for […]
Selling Feminism Door-to-Door
“Come closer to feminism,” bell hooks beckons us in her Introduction to Feminism is for Everybody. In other words, let go any presumptions who feminists are or what feminism is. […]