Guatemala

NGO CONTACTS

Centre for Feminist Research
Comprised of York University faculty, graduate and undergraduate students from the York Women's Studies program, the Centre for Feminist Research (CFR) focuses attention on feminist research, and has sponsored numerous seminars, lectures, and conferences on subjects such as violence against women, gender, migration and health, spirituality, human rights and equity in education. The Centre for Feminist Research also actively collaborates with community organizations and front line workers to investigate areas of common interest.
Centre for Feminist Research
228 York Lanes, York University
4700 Keele St. Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
Ph#: 416.736.5915
Fax#: 416.736.5416
Email: cfr@yorku.ca
Website: http://www.yorku.ca/cfr/

Centre for Legal Action in Human Rights
Strengthens Organising Efforts of Women, Children and the Physically Challenged
9A Avenida 2-59, Zona 1, Guatemala City
Ph #: (50-2)323 821
Fax #: (50-2) 518 163
E-mail: caldh@guate.net

Centro de Mujeres Comunicadoras Mayas (Centre of Mayan Women Communicators)
Offers basic computer skills education inclncluding Internet use, Microsoft word and video camera use to Rural Mayan Communities
Panajachel, Solola
Ph #: 502 762 2978
E-mail: mujersolola@yahoo.com
Website: http://www.interconnection.org/cmcm/

Choike
Choike is a portal dedicated to improving the visibility of the work done by NGOs from the South. It serves as a platform where NGOs can disseminate their work and at the same time enrich it with information from diverse sources, which is presented from the perspective of Southern civil society. Choike offers a directory of NGOs organized in categories and sub-categories, in-depth reports on key issues. Choike is a project of the Instituto del Tercer Mundo, a non-profit organization based in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Dr. Juan Paullier 977, Montevideo URUGUAY
Ph#/fax#: +598 (2) 412-4224
Email: info@choike.org
Website: www.choike.org/links/about/index.html

Consejo de la Mujer Maya Q'ate Ruwachulew Madre Tierra (Mayan Women Council Mother Earth)
The organization advocates for the implementation of the peace accords and democratization of the country, promotes the rights and identity of indigenous peoples, and provides holistic health programs for women.
16 Avenida 13-52 Zona 1, Guatemala
Ph #: (502) 251-8091
Fax #:(502) 251-8091

Conavigua
CONAVIGUA is an organization of widows and indigenous women in general of Guatemala, natives and ladinas being the majority. The organization’s objective is stated as follow; CONAVIGUA consolidates, fortifies and extends their work of organization, formation and qualification to impel and to enable in the fulfillment in the peace accords, in alliance and coordination with the involved organizations and instances, specially with respect to compensation, unit and dignity of the woman and development of the communities.
7a Avenida 4-35/Zona 1, Guatemala Ciudad
Ph #: 502 2 537-914
Fax #: 502 2 325-642

El Porvenir
Issues: 1) Raise women’s consciousness around the gender issues which confront them; 2) Improve socio-economic conditions of women from a collective point of view; 3) Create areas for the collective political and economic participation of women.
2 Calle B C-B-116 Zona 1 (Palin), Paraje Patzité, Totonicapán
Ph #: 502 7661317

Federación Sindical de Trabajadores de la Alimentación Agro- Industria y Similares de Guatemala, Secretaria de Assuntos Femeninos
Issues: To achieve greater participation of women in the new political syndicated arena in order to achieve the representation that, as women, we are due and To accomplish this through training in workshops, seminars and forums.
FESTRAS/COMFUITAG
16 avenida 13-52, Zona 1, Guatemala City

International Women's Rights Project
The International Women's Rights Project (IWRP) is to strengthen the capacity of women's NGOs and to influence the implementation of international human rights standards, for the benefit of women, through research and evidence-based advocacy. The IWRP is currently affiliated with the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada.
Centre for Global Studies, University of Victoria
PO Box 1700 STN CSC | Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2 Canada
Ph#: (250) 472-4337
Fax#: (250) 472-4830
Website: http://www.iwrp.org/

JANIC
Directory of Japanese NGO's Concerned with International Cooperation especially on Latin America. This is a list of 116 Japanese NGOs which their overseas activities contains poverty reduction, educational support, medical and healthcare services, environmental protection, relief and emergency assistance for refugees etc. Web: www.janic.org/en/directory/097-RECOM.html
Website: http://www.janic.org/en/dir-index.html

MADRE – Guatemala
MADRE in Guatemala runs program called THREADS (Training for Human Rights Enforcement – Advocacy, Documentation and Support) program in the Barcenas community in Guatemala City. Through this program, the women of Barcenas are learning to document and combat human rights abuses in their workplaces and communities. Women are learning to identify and minimize occupational health hazards and build a social network needed to sustain a struggle for worker rights. The program addresses women’s human rights issues on and off the factory floor, offering family planning counseling and condoms to women in the community.
121 West 27th Street, Room 301, New York, NY 10001
Ph#: (212) 627-0444
Fax#: (212) 675-3704
E-mail: madre@igc.org
Website: www.madre.org/country_guate.html

National Women's Office
Social and Economic Participation
Sexta Avda 5-66, Nivel Tercero, Officina 307, Zona 1, Guatemala City

Nuestra Voz Organización de Mujeres
Issues: An organization of women refugees in Canada and returned refugees in Guatemala who work to: 1) Promote solidarity with the struggle of Guatemalan women and provide a space for the personal development of women refugees in Canada; 2) strengthen our self-esteem, develop our abilities, and train women capable of developing actions to benefit the community and ourselves; 3) strengthen women’s organizing in Guatemala; and 4) participate in the broad women’s movement and the social movement in Guatemala.
Ave. Elena 2-51, Guatemala City, Zona 2
Ph #: (502) 2 51 4513
Fax #: (502) 2 30 2988
Email: smoran@guate.net

Peace Brigades International (PBI)
PBI is an organization offering unarmed international protective accompaniment to individuals, organizations, and communities threatened with violence and human rights abuses. The website contains lists organizations in Guatemala.
International Office: Unit 5, 89-93 Fonthill Rd., London N4 3HT, UK
Ph#: 44 (0) 20 7561 9141
Fax#: 44 (0) 20 7281 3181
Email: info@peacebrigades.org
Website: www.peacebrigades.org/index.html Or www.peacebrigades.org/guate.html

South American NGO Database
CEIBA Base de Datos de ONG Centroamericanas
Web: www.ecouncil.ac.cr/centroam/arias/arias.html
or www.ecouncil.ac.cr/

The Crosspoint
The website provides a collection of links in the field of of Human Rights, Anti-Racism, Refugees, Women's rights, Antifascism, Shoah, etc. It also contains country specific links as well.
Email: crosspoint@magenta.nl
Web: www.magenta.nl/crosspoint/index.html

UNITED NATIONS CONTACTS

Central America Regional Office for UNIFEM
Countries Include Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama
Contact: Guadalupe Espinosa-Gonzalez
Regional Programme Director, UNIFEM
Presidente Mazaryk No. 29, Piso 10
Colonia Polanco, 11570 Mexico, D.F. Mexico
Ph #: 52-5-263-9808
Fax #: 52-5-203-1894
E-mail: unifem@un.org.mx
Website: www.un.org.mx/unifem/

UNIFEM Gender Advisor for Central America
Counties Include: Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua
Contact: Maddalena Pezzotti
6. Av. 20-25
Edificio Plaza Marítima, 8th Floor
Zona 10, Guatemala City Guatemala C.A.
Ph #: 502-337-0611/0616 ext. 408
Fax #: 502-337-0304
E-mail: maddalena.pezzotti@undp.org

GOVERNMENT CONTACTS

Oficina Nacional de la Mujer (ONAM)
Berta Hilda de Alcántara (Señora)
14 Calle 5-49 z.1, Edif.Nass 40. nivel Head of National Machinery 01
Ph #: (502-2) 230-1069
Fax #: (502-2) 230-1069 / 301-069

Secretaria Presidencial de la Mujer
9a Avenida 0-19 zona 2
Edificio Isabel La Catolica, Nivel 4o.
Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
Ph#: (502) 288 6016
Fax#: (502) 288-6407
Email: spmujer@intelnet.net.gt

NEW YORK PERMANENT MISSION

Permanent Representative of Guatemala to the United Nations
57 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016
Ph#: (212) 679-4760
Fax#: (212) 685-8741
E-mail: grdun@undp.org