# Using OpenStreetMaps to improve lives of women in under-served regions

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**Created:** [August 1, 2019, 4:52pm UTC](https://discourse.opensourcediversity.org/t/using-openstreetmaps-to-improve-lives-of-women-in-under-served-regions/204 "2019-08-01T16:52:08Z")\
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Hi folks! This was an interesting article about the [Geochicas](https://www.hotosm.org/updates/geochicas-mapping-the-path-of-women-after-the-earthquake-in-oaxaca/) in Mexico and some of the work they are doing to make mapping technology and resources more accessible to women in under-served regions. It is a great read:

> **[In Latin America, Using Crowd-Sourced Maps to Improve the Lives of Women](https://undark.org/2019/07/17/feminist-maps-latin-america/)**
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> Female cartographers are leading the fight against gender bias and sexual violence using digital mapping technology.