Se desconoce cuántas personas trans están en el mercado laboral formal en Puerto Rico, lo que dificulta la identificación de las necesidades específicas de esta población y obstaculiza el diseño de políticas públicas adecuadas.
Despite being appointed without public hearings or the support of feminist organizations, Astrid Piñeiro Vázquez says she’s determined to maintain her independence from Puerto Rico Governor Jenniffer González Colón, whom she is tasked with holding accountable. The position, which Piñeiro Vázquez assumed on March 31, carries a 10-year term.
Tras el recorte de uno de los principales programas de fondos de mitigación financiados por el Gobierno federal — con $1,000 millones disponibles — para ayudar a las comunidades a enfrentar el cambio climático, Puerto Rico pierde importantes subvenciones. Durante cuatro días, la administración González ha optado por guardar silencio sobre el asunto.
After a $1 billion cut to one of the main federally funded mitigation programs — designed to help communities tackle climate change — Puerto Rico is losing significant grants. For the past four days, Governor Jenniffer González’s administration has remained silent on the matter.
A legislative measure follows a report by the Gender Investigative Unit of Todas and the Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, which revealed that less than 10% of the performers at last year’s patron saint festivals, municipal festivals, and other events were women.
The Gender Investigative Unit analyzed the main cultural events in all of Puerto Rico’s 78 municipalities and found that less than 10% of artistic contracts are awarded to women.
El estudio de la organización Germanwatch cuantifica los daños en Puerto Rico en $2.6 mil millones en 2022, lo cual se suma a la interrupción en el servicio de agua potable en un millón de residentes y a la muerte de más de una veintena de personas tras el huracán Fiona.
A study by the organization Germanwatch estimates that damages in Puerto Rico totaled $2.6 billion in 2022, in addition to disrupting potable water service for a million residents and causing the deaths of more than 20 people after Hurricane Fiona.
