Posted on June 17, 2009 by Kate McGurn Centellas
Despite the awful treatment we received by the AA CS reps, the flights were relatively uneventful even with an active and curious 17 month old. Flight attendants on both the ORD-MIA and MIA-VVI trips smiled and waved at Javi, told us to please ask for more juice, snacks, etc if we needed anything for [...]
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Posted on May 8, 2009 by Kate McGurn Centellas
La Razón reports that all working women with nursing infants up to six months of age have the right to bring their babies to work or school with them, nurse them in a comfortable room under “condiciones óptimas,” and to continue their work/study with their infants for this period of time. The [...]
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Posted on July 20, 2007 by Clare Sammells
When I was starting my fieldwork, a woman asked me if I washed my clothes. I admitted I paid someone to do it. But what about in the United States? she pressed. Of course, I answered, there I wash my clothes myself. She then told me that many Bolivians believe that [...]
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