TURUCU, Ecuador (AP) — In the Indigenous community of Turucu, near the active Cotacachi volcano in northern Ecuador, soccer had always been a man’s thing. The only gleaming green field belongs to them ...

In Ecuador’s Amazon, planting a tree can mean much more than restoring a patch of forest. For Indigenous women such as Flor Juanga, a Shuar community representative from Sucumbíos Province, trees are ...

NUEVA LOJA, Ecuador (AP) — Standing beside a stream stained dark with oil in Ecuador’s northern Amazon, an Indigenous woman shook her head in disbelief as she stared at the oily sheen drifting across ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In Ecuador’s Intag Valley, the women’s artisan collective Mujer y Medio Ambiente (Women and the Environment) has developed an innovative way to dye ...

June 3 (Reuters) - Factbox on Women's World Cup qualifiers Ecuador: Women's World Cup record: Previous appearances in finals: 0 Best performance: N/A Drawn in Group C with Japan, Switzerland and ...

More than 400 women were killed in Ecuador last year. While the government focuses on fighting gangs and organized crime, women's rights advocates say victims are being failed by the justice system.

Quito, Jul 25 (Prensa Latina) Unemployment in Ecuador grew for women, with an increase of 0.2 percent, compared to the same period last year, according to the National Institute of Statistics and ...

Toa Alvarado, left, and Ene Nenquimo walk near an oil pipeline that cuts through the rainforest in Sucumbios, Ecuador, Friday, March 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) NUEVA LOJA, ...