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Julia Rivara

2 Years of #Bringbackourgirls

Remember the hashtag #Bringbackourgirls? I remember it as a phenomenon nearly a year ago. I also remember hearing something about the girls …

The Invisible Earthquake

Last Saturday, April 16, 2016, Ecuador suffered one of their greatest earthquakes in over 60 years, with a magnitude 7.8 and an …

International Women’s Day?

I opened up Instagram on March 8th to a picture of a worker stacking bricks, at least 15 high, on a woman …

When you do not feel safe

I recently read a chronicle from San Salvador, El Salvador. It is from an author who interviewed her neighbor about their family’s …

What is behind the Green Mermaid?

Last year I had the SSIR: Eating Locally, Thinking Globally. As a result, I became increasingly interested in global food markets on …