News stories by Richard Barathe
Central America: Eradicating Gender Violence is Vital to State Security
- Inter Press Service
PANAMA CITY, Panama, Dec 06 (IPS) - Richard Barathe is Director, UNDP Regional Center for Latin America and the Caribbean
María is a 35-year old Salvadoran woman with three young children. Growing up, María knew her mother but never met her father. When María was six, she started working at the Central Market of San Salvador and at the age of 12 she was raped and became pregnant for the first time.
Everyone Stands to Gain When More Women take Top Positions in Businesses
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 06 (IPS) - This article is part of a series of stories and op-eds launched by IPS on the occasion of this year's International Women's Day on March 8.
Richard Barathe is Director of UNDP's Regional Hub for Latin America and the CaribbeanWomen's role in the workplace is at the heart the International Women's Day commemoration. Even though it first celebrated a demonstration by women workers in New York in 1857, it was the killing of nearly 150 young women workers in a sweatshop, engulfed by a massive fire in just 20 minutes, which marked the modern celebration of International Women's Day, in New York's Triangle Shirtwaist Factory on 25 March 1911.
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