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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