upcoming events
Launch of our research report:
Intersecting Inequalities: A Review of Feminist Debates and Theoretical Approaches on Violence against Women and Poverty in Central/Latin America.
This research project will focus on comparing key elements of the European, UK and Latin American feminist movements and considering how poverty links these elements into the Central American context.
- Tegucigalpa (Honduras): 2 - 4 pm, 30th July 2010, Galería Nacional de Arte.
- London (UK): 21st October 2010. Location to be confirmed.
All are welcome to our launch in Honduras on 30th July!
Information on how to book a place for our London launch will be made available closer to the date.
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latest news
27th July 2010: Honduras 'Human Rights Platform' urges OAS not to lift Honduras' suspension.
For more information, see ourlatest news.
CAWN is now on Twitter!
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latest publications
- Feminicidio: Un fenomeno global. De Lima a Madrid (May 2010)
This report, published by CAWN and the Heinrich Böll Foundation, provides a regional perspective on the situation of femicide in Latin America. Women from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Chile, Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia share their analysis and perspectives on the challenges to end femicides.
*Spanish version only.
- Briefing Paper March 2010: Tourism as a Development Strategy in Central America: exploring the impact on women’s lives.
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latest electronic bulletin
Summer 2010 E-Bulletin
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advocacy for Honduras
28th June 2010 marks one year since the coup d'etat, however violations of women's human rights in Honduras are still ongoing. Feminists in Resistance continue to campaign to protect the rights of women.
The latest public statement released by CEM-H is: 'In solidarity with the people of Zacate Grande' (June 2010).
Click here for the Spanish version.
Click here for the English version.
Click hereto read about CAWN actions in response to the crisis in Honduras.
welcome to cawn
The Central America Women’s Network (CAWN) is a London-based organisation that
supports, publicises and learns from the struggles of women in Central
America in the defence of their rights.
Our work is grounded in strong and active links with the
women’s movement in Central America. Since our beginnings, we have
worked with Central American women’s organisations that are active
in defending their rights and increasing women’s voice and presence
in decision-making across the region.
We have gained knowledge and experience through consultation
processes and our joint work with partners in Central America. In addition,
the impact of our advocacy work has been strengthened by collaboration
with other organisations and networks in the United Kingdom and the European
Union.
Some of our recent achievements include:
- Organising speaker tours in the United Kingdom of women
from Central America.
- Promoting exchanges of experiences between women’s
organisations in the United Kingdom and Central America on issues affecting
women’s rights.
- Providing up to date information and analysis on the
situation of women’s rights through our email list, briefings, newsletters,
website and research reports.
- Successfully advancing a gender perspective in the work
of the Ethical Trading Initiative.
- Supporting partners to challenge gender violence in
Honduras and promote women’s economic literacy in Nicaragua.
“Poverty is an issue of women’s organisations but we must changethe technical discussion of poverty into a political discourse. It isessential to empower women for them to come out of poverty.”
Mirta Kennedy, CEMH – Honduras
“Women need to be empowered with knowledge that will be tools in the search for alternative survival strategies in a globalised world.”
Mabel Aguirre, MEC – Nicaragua
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