'Men can do anything they want to women in Honduras': Inside ... - ABC News
WEBMay 3, 2017 · The unholy violence of Honduras has propelled a river of women and children towards America’s southern border, part of what the UN has called an “invisible refugee crisis.”
Why these Honduran women would like to see their country's …
WEBJun 15, 2023 · Gender-based violence in Honduras often forces women to flee for a safer life elsewhere. The Current’s Liz Hoath brings us the story of how some women in a gang-controlled neighbourhood have...
Women's Bodies as a Battlefield: Gender-Based Violence in Honduras …
WEBMar 15, 2023 · Honduras has been named on several occasions the worst place in the world to be a woman. High levels of gender-based violence persist in a climate of chronic generalised violence. The obvious threat of criminal groups, gangs, and corruption, belies the less perceptible threat of an embedded patriarchal and sexist culture.
Honduras Should Commit to Protecting Women’s and Girls’ Rights
WEBOct 14, 2022 · Women's Rights. On October 18 and 19, a committee of international women’s rights experts will review Honduras’ progress in implementing the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination...
Women of Honduras find little refuge and even less justice
WEBAug 9, 2023 · Women across Honduras described the country’s deep religious conservatism as influencing both how authorities respond to violence against women, and why women feel they must endure abuse.
She Promised to Empower Women. Will Honduras’s President …
WEBMay 1, 2022 · But months into her term, rights groups say, Honduras’s first female president, Xiomara Castro, is struggling to fulfill promises, as attempts to empower women rekindle the country’s bitter...
World Report 2022: Honduras - Human Rights Watch
WEBHonduras has the highest rate of femicide—defined as the killing of a woman by a man because of her gender—in Latin America, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean...
Honduras: Responding to multiple crises to prevent violence against women
WEBApr 19, 2022 · The increased poverty and unemployment left women and girls in Honduras at an even greater risk of multiple manifestations of violence, exploitation and human trafficking. Between January and November 2021, over 240 women lost their lives due to femicide, the highest femicide rate in Latin America.
The Future is Female in Honduras - ReVista
WEBMar 10, 2022 · Honduras has become part of the small group of nations, 16 out of 193 United Nations countries, to have a female-led government. President Castro composes 9% of the world’s governments that are in the hands of women—becoming the only woman currently presiding over a government in the entire …
This Honduran Feminist Activist Has Been in The Fight For Over …
WEBAug 17, 2021 · Zoila Lagos, A Champion For Women’s Rights in Honduras. In one of the most dangerous cities in Honduras, Zoila Lagos works relentlessly to help women victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse. She’s fought for labor rights, women’s rights, water rights, and helped found one of the largest feminist organizations in Honduras – but her ...
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