GUATEMALA CITY -- More than four decades after Guatemalan soldiers and paramilitary fighters raped Indigenous women during their efforts to crush an insurgency in the country's 36-year civil war, a ...

Join the Cohen Institute in welcoming Otilia Lux de Cotí, a pioneering leader in indigenous peoples' and women's rights in Guatemala and internationally, as part of our spring 2025 series on Guatemala ...

Guatemalan Achi women, alleged victims of sexual violence during the internal armed conflict (1960-1996), take a rest alongside supporters during a demonstration at the beginning of the trial against ...

The British Embassy hosted the launch of the 2025 regional GEDSI (Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion) analysis, a comprehensive study ...

Targeted with two deaths and legal charges, Ch’orti’ people are fighting to permanently close a mining project that has polluted their lands.

A Guatemalan court sentenced three former paramilitaries each to 40 years in prison for crimes against humanity for raping six Indigenous Maya Achi women between 1981 and 1983, at the height of ...

A trend where developed nations frame the export of secondhand clothing to developing countries as a sustainable (and perhaps charitable) act has been ongoing for decades. The idea is to send garments ...

Guatemalan school hosts Kaqchikel performance to promote Indigenous language preservation - An effort to conserve Indigenous languages has brought song and books translated to the Kaqchikel language t ...

“I grew up in a modest family and married at the age of 15, so I could not finish school. But I was able to continue my studies at the Center,” said Isabel Aracely Tzoy Tzoc. Like Isabel, most girls ...