Sex trafficking 'staggering' in illegal Latin American gold mines
Girls as young as 12 working in brothels and bars around illegal gold mines, report shows
Over 230,000 Colombian children uprooted by war despite peace talks - UNICEF
"No child in Colombia today knows what it is like to live in a country at peace. It is time to turn the page" - UNICEF
FEATURE-'A space to cry' for Colombia's rape survivors as war trauma takes decades to heal
Guerrilla and paramilitary fighters have often used rape as a weapon in Colombia's 51-year civil war
UN experts, advocates urge Honduras to protect witness in activist murder
Activists have called for independent investigation into murder of prominent indigenous land rights activist Berta Caceres
Latin America gender pay gap shrinks slowly, harms development - UN
More women in Latin America now better educated, but their pay has lagged that of male peers
Latin American women face 'lottery' accessing life-saving contraception and abortions - Amnesty
Access to contraception and abortion often depends on one's ability to pay or the personal and religious views of a health worker
Latin America to tackle dual problems of hunger and obesity - UN
Efforts will focus on Central America's "dry corridor" where drought is exacerbated by climate change
Guatemala court orders $1 mln in damages to wartime sex slaves
Elderly Mayan women testified about being raped at military base where they were forced to cook and clean for soldiers
Costa Rica in push to give identity cards to indigenous people, prevent statelessness
Authorities estimate up to 8,000 members of the Ngobe Bugle tribe lack any type of documents
Brazil slave labour victims seek justice at Americas' top rights court
The case heard by the Inter-American Human Rights Court involves 340 men who were lured to work on a vast cattle ranch