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Examining intimate partner violence in Guatemala

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October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Guatemala has the third-highest rate of femicide (the homicide of women based on gender) in the world. And according to UN Women, 21.2 percent of Guatemalan women have experienced physical or sexual violence from an intimate partner at some point in their lifetime. […]

Aves de Paraíso: Christine Meister reports on Peace Corps Service in Guatemala

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The following is the latest in a series of pieces on the lives and times of USF College of Public Health graduate students who are participating in the Peace Corps Master’s International (PCMI) Program. Currently, Public Health’s PCMI students are posted in Botswana, Guatemala, Mongolia, Uganda, and Zambia. This excerpt […]