Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Venezuelan migrant women grapple with harassment on Lima's streets

Dressed in the yellow, red and blue of Venezuela's national flag, Venezuelan migrants selling food and drinks on the streets of Lima are easy to spot.But for some of the tens of thousands of Venezuelan women who have sought refuge and jobs in Peru to escape political unrest and a humanitarian crisis back home, that attention can bring unwanted advances from lewd comments to groping, threats and worse.Concerns about safety are echoed by women across Lima, a city of 10 million people, in a country known for high levels of violence against women. More…


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