advocacy for Honduras
CAWN is seriously concerned about the latest political situation in Honduras, the inappropriate accusations and actions against the President, Manuel Zelaya, the civil society organisations -in particular the safety of the women’s rights activists and our partners, and the violation of the democracy of Honduras.
CAWN will be taking lobbying and advocacy actions in solidarity with the people of Honduras. More information will be soon posted on this website.
Honduran women's organisations and feminist networks: public statement to the international community, human rights bodies, aid donor agencies and States of the world in protest against the military coup d'état .
29 June 2009
latest news:
1 July 2009: The Organisation of American States has adopted a resolution strongly condemning the coup d’etat in Honduras and has set a deadline of 72 hours for the immediate and unconditional return of President Manuel Zelaya and the restoration of democracy and the rule of law.
30 June 2009: The General Assembly of the United Nations approved on 30 June, a Resolution condemning the coup d'État in Honduras and giving its support to the legitimate Government of the President Zelaya. It makes a call to the nations of the world “to recognize no Government other than that of the Constitutional President Manuel Zelaya”.
28 June 2009: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his deep concern over the takeover in Honduras and voiced his strong support for the Central American nation’s democratic institutions.
newsletter
spring 2009: The theme of this edition is the phenomenon of Femicide in Meso America (Femicidio or Feminicidio in Spanish). It features articles of women activists from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, who have been campaigning for the creation and implementation of appropriate legislation and institutions for these crimes in the region. In a context of State impunity, it is extremely important to support and raise awareness of the responses of women’s organisations. Download here
latest publications
electronic bulletin spring 2009
research report: The Responses of International Aid Agencies to Violence against Women in Central America -the case of HondurasNovember
2008
briefing paper:
Gender, labour rights and the ethical trading initiative (ETI)
December
2008
Economic Literacy: a tool for women's
empowerment in Nicaragua
October
2008
CAWN position paper:
Gender Equality & Trade Liberisation,
June
2008
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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