TURUCU, Ecuador (AP) — In the Indigenous community of Turucu, near the active Cotacachi volcano in northern Ecuador, soccer had always been a man’s thing. The only gleaming green field belongs to them ...

Standing beside a stream stained dark with oil in Ecuador’s northern Amazon, an Indigenous woman shook her head in disbelief ...

Indigenous women fight for the ball during a "handball with anaco" match in the Indigenous community of Turucu, Ecuador, Friday, June 14, 2024. One year ago, a group of women decided to create a new ...

In the midst of a movement across Latin America to confirm abortion rights for women and girls, Ecuador has an opportunity to move a step forward. It should take that step. Until last year, women and ...

QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean women are using code words to seek help in situations of domestic violence as the country's quarantine is creating conditions for increased abuse of women and has also ...

In Ecuador’s Intag Valley, the women’s artisan collective Mujer y Medio Ambiente (Women and the Environment) has developed an innovative way to dye and stitch fibers from the cabuya plant, an ...

Dudinha, Gisele, Nayara, and Carioca celebrate Brazil's goal in their debut at the South American Women's U-20 ChampionshipCredits: Staff Images / CBF The Brazilian National Team debuted in the South ...

Biologist María Claudia Segovia Salcedo is not only helping to create a seed bank of Andean mountain plants, she is also planting the seeds for a more inclusive environment for women in STEM in ...

Indigenous women in Ecuador's Amazon tour oil fields to highlight the environmental and health impacts of oil extraction, ...