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Valeria Perasso
Verified
Team Lead, BBC 100 Women, BBC
London
Beats
Mental health, Politics, Parenting, Wellbeing
Immoral topics
Content
By Valeria Perasso Verified, Georgina Pearce| BBC Verified By Valeria Perasso and Georgina Pearce BBC 100 WomenAnne Tropeano is ironing her clothes in preparation for a busy day ahead. She gets out her white alb and her ornately embroidered chasuble, garments worn by Catholic priests around the world. On a calendar on her wall, bold red pen marks that tomorrow is "Ordination day". But she is also on the phone hiring a security guard for the service in a church in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she lives - as she anticipates there could be hostility.
By Valeria Perasso Verified, Fernando Duarte Verified| BBC Verified By Valeria Perasso and Fernando DuarteBBC 100 WomenImage source, Courtesy of Jennifer LacayoWhen Karen woke up in an El Salvador hospital, she noticed that she was handcuffed to a bed and there were police officers by her bedside. "There were a lot of people around and they were saying I had taken my baby's life and that I was going to 'pay for what I had done'," Karen tells BBC 100 Women. She needed emergency care after suffering pregnancy complications.
By Valeria Perasso Verified, Georgina Pearce| BBC Verified By Valeria Perasso and Georgina Pearce BBC 100 WomenAnne Tropeano is ironing her clothes in preparation for a busy day ahead. She gets out her white alb and her ornately embroidered chasuble, garments worn by Catholic priests around the world. On a calendar on her wall, bold red pen marks that tomorrow is "Ordination day". But she is also on the phone hiring a security guard for the service in a church in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she lives - as she anticipates there could be hostility.
Company Info
BBC
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Founded: 1922