In this interview Marcia talks about achievements and set backs of the Nicaraguan women's movement over the last few years and explains why she feels a bit disillusioned with the direction the movement has taken recently.

Four days after Roberto Micheletti took over Honduras in the June 28, 2009, military coup, he appointed his own nephew mayor of the country's second-largest city, San Pedro Sula. His nephew in turn dedicated one of the city's major boulevards to Micheletti as a little gift. Since the 1970s the road had been popularly named after Rodolfo Aguiluz Berlioz, a university professor who identified with progressive causes.

On the eve of Mother's Day 2010, relatives of women murdered in Ciudad Juarez and their allies chalked up another victory on the international front.

By a vote of 359 to 235, with 17 abstentions, the European Parliament approved an amendment to its strategic plan for Latin American relationships that cites an international court verdict on the Ciudad Juarez femicides.

The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) held a special press conference dedicated to the first official visit to Georgia of UNIFEM Executive Director Ines Alberdi on May 12 at Tbilisi Marriott Hotel. The aim of the press conference was to sum up the results of the visit.

A group of Guatemalan Indian women who were raped by army soldiers during the country's 1960-1996 civil war broke their silence Friday and with their heartrending testimony demanded justice.

"Loss of freedom should not mean loss of fundamental rights," Diana Sánchez, a lawyer with the Political Prisoners Solidarity Committee (CSPP), told IPS. "But in Colombia prisoners are punished twice over: with a prison sentence, and with restrictions on their other rights."

The First International Women and Film Festival for Gender Equity drew enthusiastic audiences this month in the Argentine capital, where movies from nearly 40 countries were screened.

On May 3, the Electoral Commission (EC) embarked on a one-month nationwide voter registration exercise hoping to register 3.5 million voters who have attained 18 years and above but who had never registered with the EC, the majority of whom are women. This was preceded by the reorganisation of polling stations that took place early this year.

The United Nations is setting up a human rights office in Guinea to help the Government prevent abuses such as last year's violent suppression by the then military junta of mass protests in which 156 people were killed, women raped, political opponents arrested and their homes looted.

The call has gone out to the Liberian government and its implementing partners to pick up the mantle of building the capacity of Liberian women to put them on par with other women around the globe who are taking leadership positions.

The call was made by the Secretary General of Alliance of NGOS Working With Vulnerable Population and Advocating for Rights, Daniel B.Wehyee.