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Cuba’s greatness in the name of a woman

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A symbol of the struggles of Cuban women for their full emancipation, heroine of the underground and guerrilla struggle, Vilma Espín Guillois, was honored by her nation, this March 8, before the monumental boulder where her ashes rest. Segundo Frente, Santiago de Cuba.– A symbol of the struggles of Cuban women for their full emancipation, heroine of the underground and guerrilla struggle, Vilma Espín Guillois, was honored, this March 8.

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Cuban women, Marianas all, from the depths of their souls

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Gratitude and respect for Cuban mothers marked the day, Sunday May 12, for these women known to be “protective and tender, firm and demanding,” as President Miguel Díaz-Canel noted in a tweet on Mothers Day, which included a special tribute to Mariana Grajales, in Santiago de Cuba.

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To support the Constitution is to support the equality that the Revolution has promoted

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We are certain that Cubans will support the constitutional process and the 10th Congress of the Federation of Cuban Women, which will take place in the capital March 6 through 8.

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Golden women

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It is clear that no human effort is perfect, but if anything could approach perfection it is the hands of a woman, their sensitivity, ability to organize, to manage.Only 40 countries have won more than 10 gold medals in the Olympics, and Cuban women have won 12.

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Cuban women of the 21st century

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We are Cuban women of the 21st century, as I recently read. We see our dreams on the horizon and are moving forward. We are not very different from the women who came before us. Our characteristics have stood the test of time, allowing us to accomplish so much of what has been achieved in the country.

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53% of scientists in Cuba are women

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Some 86,426 individuals work in Cuba’s science sector, 53% of whom are women, according to the President of the Cuban Academy of Sciences (ACC) Dr. Luis C. Velázquez Pérez speaking during the First International Science and Education Congress taking place in the Havana International Conference Center.

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From dreams to slavery

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Promises of a better life and good pay were so tempting that she didn’t see the trap. All her hopes suddenly came crashing down when she found herself in a web of prostitution, alone, in a strange country and completely defenseless. She had fallen into a network of which she had only vague references.

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Regional meeting on women to be held in Havana

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Forty years after the first Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, hosted by Cuba, the forthcoming Fifty-Sixth Meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Conference will be held October 5-6, in Havana.

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Women live longer, but have poorer health

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In an increasingly aging world, the title of this article reflects one of today’s key areas of study. In an attempt to respond to this assertion Granma International spoke with doctor and Professor Jesús Menéndez, specialist at the Longevity, Aging, and Health Research Center (Cited).

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Supporting working mothers

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A little more than two months have passed since the entry into force in Cuba of Decree-Laws 339 and 340, on Female Workers’ Maternity and the Modification of Special Social Security Regimes with regard to maternity protection, respectively.