"Practica"= internship, and "viaje"= trip, and in this case, field trip. Santiago life has clearly kept me busy, between school, field trips, traveling, and friends, and it seems to have only become busier. My internship, which I set up a few weeks ago, has begun full-swing. I will be interning for a women’s organization called Foro-Red de Salud y Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos. The mission of this organization is to promote debate, reflection, and collective action regarding the issues of women’s health and sexual and reproductive rights. It also calls for women and men to create the social, legal, cultural, and economic conditions that can make possible the freedom of sexuality and reproduction, without discrimination based on age, sex, ethnicity, marriage status, class, religion, or socio-economic condition. It is a network of social organizations, NGOs, women’s
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