Let’s Talk about Resilience
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When I joined the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) family in October 2019, I never imagined that a few months later I would experience both the pain and…
Category: COVID March 2022
A Few Shocks Away from Poverty
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Growing up in Lima Peru, I can remember people saying, “There is no middle class.” This was an exaggeration. Not all the non-poor were rich—far from it—but the differences in the living …
COVID-19 IMPACT ON THE MIDDLE CLASS IN MEXICO
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I’m from the state of Puebla, a medium-sized city in central Mexico. Over the past two years, I’ve observed as at least one out of every ten local residents has fallen from the middle class into poverty…
Concentration of Wealth in Latin America in Times of Covid-19
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The number of super-wealthy—those with a fortune of US$1,000 million or more, as reported…
The Future is Female in Honduras
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In March 2020, I was notified of my acceptance to the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) to complete a Master of Arts in Public Administration as part of the Mason Program and Mid-Career cohort…
