Women, Peace and Security Initiatives: Honduras
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International Day Against Violence Against Women: End the Violence Against Women!
November 25, 2003
Commemorating of the International Day Against Violence Against Women, the Women Rights Center (Centro de Derechos de Mujeres) presented an action letter urging the Judicial authorities, the National Congress and the President to assume their responsibility and work towards the end of the impunity and the end of violence in Honduras. To read the action letter click here (http://www.koalaweb.cl/redfem/sitio/info.asp?Ob=1&Id=456).For more information visit the Women's Rights Center. (http://ns.rds.org.hn/cdm/index.html)

Women’s Rights Workshops
1993-2003
Colectiva de Mujeres Hondureñas (CODEMUH) has worked to defend Honduran women's rights for over ten years, organizing their first workshop for women who work in the maquilas in 1993. Since 1995, they have worked in Choloma and Villa Nueva, two cities with a high number of maquilas, where 80 percent of the workers are female. Their work in San Pedro Sula began in 1998. This project consists of providing workshops for women who work in the maquilas of these three cities. The workshops teach women how to identify the relationship between health and work, to evaluate the work environment, and to recognize the risk of repetitive movements and other occupational hazards, sicknesses, and accidents. The information gathered through the workshops and personal testimonies is being compiled in educational brochures to be widely distributed. For more information contact Colectiva de Mujeres Hondureñas. (mujeresfem@codemuh.123.hn)

Women’s Rights Campaign
2001-2002
Asociación Andar organized a media campaign to further increase women's knowledge of their rights including radio spots, the distribution of one hundred copies of a summary of the laws on women's rights, two workshops on negotiation with the women workers, and a tour to learn about the experience of other women workers who have defended their labor rights. Asociación Andar, which began to work in the Choluteca region in southwestern Honduras after Hurricane Mitch, provides assistance with housing, gardening, public and reproductive health, and organizing communities to better advocate for themselves, especially women. It is the only NGO working with women in the agro-export industries in the region. For more information contact Asociación Andar. (narda@andar.sdnhon.org.hn)