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Argentine community organizer Monica Carranza called the disappearance of men a tragedy that has left thousands of women and children vulnerable. She said many children are getting involved in drugs and crime near the shelters she runs on the periphery of the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires.
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Chile's government has tried to help working families by building hundreds of day care centers and pushing new laws promoting gender equality in the workplace, says Laura Albornoz Pollmann, who heads Chile's national women's service.
Helen Hughes / MCT
Mining Minister Karen Poliachik, shown in her office in Santiago, Chile, is the first woman to occupy the post in the world's highest copper-producing country and will be the first woman ever to address the London Metals Exchange annual dinner soon.
Helen Hughes / MCT
For Karen Poniachik, Chile's first woman mining minister, staying single was a natural choice for a self-confessed workaholic. The 42-year-old heads one of Chile's most important ministries, which oversees an industry that generates 40 percent of the country's taxes and 65 percent of its exports. She also heads the boards of Chile's national copper, mining and energy companies.
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Julia Severino, a miner's wife, and other women joined a protest over a faulty sewage system by blocking through-town traffic in San Gabriel, Chile.
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Raquel Cavallo, left, participates in a women's group near her home in Santiago, Chile. The women receive training in health issues, participate in projects and talk over their problems or difficulties.
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