Honduras

NGO Contacts
UN Contacts
Government Contacts
New York Permanent Mission

NGO CONTACTS

Colectiva de Mujeres Hondureñas, CODEMUH
Address: Apdo. Postal 696
San Pedro de Sula, Honduras
Phone: (504) 6691180
Email: mujeresfem@codemuh.123.hn

Movimiento de Mujeres por la Paz “Visitación Padilla” – Women’s Peace Movement
Address: Barrio La Leona, calle Adolfo Zúñiga, casa No.1423
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Phone: (504) 222-7779
Fax: (504) 222-7779
Email: vp@sdnhon.org.hn

Asociación Andar
Address: Apdo. Postal 2818
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Phone: (504) 322 264
Fax: (504) 322 264
Email: narda@andar.sdnhon.org.hn

Centro de Estudios de la Mujer, Honduras (CEM-H)
Issues: 1) To contribute to the elimination of all forms of violence and discrimination against women in Honduran society; 2) promote the well-being and participation of women socially, economically, politically, and culturally; 3) conduct and disseminate research that permits the arrival at a real understanding of the problems and situation of the women.
Activities include: 1) providing psychological and legal counseling services to women victims of violence, 2) providing consciousness raising workshops, training and support to other women’s organizations and individuals.
Apartado Postal 3543, Tegucigalpa
Ph #: (504) 232-6301, 232-6153, 239-6101
Fax #: (504) 232-6301, 232-6153, 239-6101
Email: cemh2000@sdnhon.org.hn.hn

La Casa Refugio
Acciones para el Desarrollo y la Poblacion. Refuge / Shelter for women facing domestic violence
Apartado 2686, Tegucigalpa
Ph/ fax #: 504 37-3353
E-mail: ams@adp.sdnhon.org.hn

Movimiento de Mujeres por la Paz Visitación Padilla
Issues: To change the structure of power in Honduras by organizing women to challenge patriarchal power; opposing foreign domination; and challenging the power of the rich over the poor.
Apartado 1796, Tegucigalpa
Ph #: (504) 237-9090
Email: merly%vp@sdnhon.org.hn

Visitacion Padilla
c/o Central America
Human Rights Committee
83 Margaret St., London W1, UK

UNITED NATIONS CONTACTS

Central America Regional Office for UNIFEM
Contact: Guadalupe Espinosa-Gonzalez
Regional Programme Director, UNIFEM
Presidente Mazaryk No. 29, Piso 10
Colonia Polanco, 11570 Mexico, D.F. Mexico
Phone: 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
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 Gubernamental de la Mujer
Palacio Presidencial
Tegucigalpa, DC
Ph #: (504) 341-898 / 343-993
Fax #: (504) 341-952

NEW YORK PERMANENT MISSION

Permanent Representative of Honduras to the United Nations
866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 417, New York, N.Y. 10017
Ph#: (212) 752-3370/ -3371
Fax#: (212) 223-0498 or (212) 751-0403