Congratulations to Sonia Sotomayor, put forward by President Obama yesterday as his candidate for the first female Hispanic Supreme Court Justice! But what about Hispanic women in general? Many are living quiet, productive lives as wives, moms, and contributors to the GNP, but WNL has collected a few links which shine a light into some undercommented corners.
- Here's an easy to absorb
fact sheet called "US Latinas by the Numbers" that provides an excellent overview of the 14.4 million Hispanic women currently living in the US. Includes breakdowns for native born vs immigrant, languages spoken, education, salient health facts, jobs and wages, entrepreneurship, poverty, and politics.
- The major finding of a recent poll, described by New America Media on
AlterNet, reveals that a majority of immigrants are now women - mothers and workers, stewards of their households. Asked about their income during the first year of working in the United States, 67 percent reported salaries under the poverty line. 82% of Latin American women said that discrimination is "a major problem."
- Journalist/author/blogger
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez has a no-holds-barred post about the rise in hate crimes against Latinas in the US since 2003. She looks not just at crime statistics and quotes from TV talking head anti-immigrant/Mexican xenophobes, but looks at the new wave of porn, which features brutalizing Latinas.
- Here's an easy to absorb fact sheet called "US Latinas by the Numbers" that provides an excellent overview of the 14.4 million Hispanic women currently living in the US. Includes breakdowns for native born vs immigrant, languages spoken, education, salient health facts, jobs and wages, entrepreneurship, poverty, and politics.
- The major finding of a recent poll, described by New America Media on AlterNet, reveals that a majority of immigrants are now women - mothers and workers, stewards of their households. Asked about their income during the first year of working in the United States, 67 percent reported salaries under the poverty line. 82% of Latin American women said that discrimination is "a major problem."
- Journalist/author/blogger Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez has a no-holds-barred post about the rise in hate crimes against Latinas in the US since 2003. She looks not just at crime statistics and quotes from TV talking head anti-immigrant/Mexican xenophobes, but looks at the new wave of porn, which features brutalizing Latinas.