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One Woman’s Voice: Argentina

by Kamilia Lahrichi, US News, March 25, 2016
Aixa Dea García Avellaneda, a gender activist, talks about living in a male-dominated culture. 


One Woman’s Voice: Argentina
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In Argentina, “women and girls face numerous obstacles accessing reproductive health products and service,” says Human Rights Watch. (Getty) 


This is a U.S. News series featuring women’s voices from across the world. In each video, women answer several questions, including what are the positives and negatives about being a woman in their home country and whether there is gender equality where they live.
In this video, Aixa Dea García Avellaneda, a gender activist in Buenos Aires, talks about the strength she says Argentine women display to overcome the widespread male-dominated culture in South America. She had an illegal abortion at 16, and believes abortion is a fundamental right for all women. In Argentina, abortion is illegal with few exceptions.
Watch videos of women from  Greece and France.