How One Woman’s Store Supports Her Family and Her Community
When Sara Rosales left her position at the National Police of Honduras in 2017, she struggled to find work. As a woman who had dedicated 14 years at an institution...
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Emotional Co-Listening Program Uses Technology to Unite Women
The videos are short –3 minutes at a maximum –because smaller files are easier to share over the WhatsApp phone messaging service. The fact that technology limits the length of...
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Different Times Call for Different Measures
Women who participate in our ESPERA program in Central America and Mexico are working to continue to provide the same services they provide to their local community, which often requires...
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How the Global Pandemic Touches the Lives of ESPERA Women in Central America and Mexico
Even though it’s only been a couple months, mid- March feels like a lifetime ago. That’s when 15 women – all representatives of ESPERA partner organizations – and ESPERA staff...
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Solidarity, Love and Commitment: Adjusting ESPERA’s Work in the Pandemic
It can be difficult to work as an international team such as ESPERA at the best of times. It is especially the case during these hard times, as nations scramble...
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Founded in Rebellion: Women Organizing for their Rights
The featured image shows ASMUR's leadership team. The woman in the image on the left is Cristina. This history of ASMUR was written by Cristina Bernabe. Cristina was a founding...
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Evaluation as a Collaboration Among Partners
This past year the ESPERA program turned 10 years old! In recognition of this important milestone Mary’s Pence initiated a yearlong evaluation process in collaboration with our ESPERA partners. The...
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Five ESPERA Women at the Encuentro, Five Changed Lives!
Isabel, a Guatemalan woman from Sololá, interviews five women who, like her, participated in the Encuentro that took place in La Palma from January 8-10 to celebrate the 10th anniversary...
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It Keeps Me Sane
I am a member of the Ignatian Volunteer Corps and as a part of that organization, I have been blessed to be with Mary’s Pence for three fulfilling years. A...
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As Crisis Deepens, Auxiliadora Accompanies Women
Auxiladora didn’t talk much about herself at first. We’d walked up the block to grab coffee and chatted for about an hour about the ESPERA program before she shared details...
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