For the first 10 years of her life, Tarcila Rivera-Zea lived a cloistered existence. Growing up in the Peruvian Andes as part ...

In the 1990s, Peru reformed its customary laws that limited women’s right to work, access banking and financial services, and own and inherit assets, contributing to a 15 percent increase in ...

But with each flake of dust removed, Dr. Michele Koons grew certain she was about to see something unique."We knew that this site had so much to offer," said Koons, curator of archaeology at the ...

Peruvian President Dina Boluarte was attacked this weekend by a group of indigenous women who wanted her to step down and call for fresh elections and a Constitutional Assembly, among other ...

Brushing away centuries of accumulated dirt, archaeologists in Peru painstakingly unearthed an ancient throne room, complete with a throne for a “powerful woman” and colorful decorations.

Lidia Flores chose a different path, though: to search for others who also went missing during Peru's most violent period. “I can’t stay calm when others, like I did, are crying,” Flores ...

In Peru, women's lives are being transformed by climate projects designed to put them at the heart of decision-making and advance their rights ...

The group argues that the projects also pose risks to uncontacted Indigenous groups and also noted specific impact on ...

The mother of a British woman feared drowned on a holiday in Peru spoke of her devastation over the disappearance of her "lovely" daughter. Sandra Laing believes her daughter Bridget Riedl-Laing ...

Peru’s penal code states that abortion “is not punishable” when “it is the only means to save the life of the pregnant woman or to avoid serious and permanent harm to her health.” ...