Tag: CENTRAL AMERICA

Why So Much Violence against Migrant Women?

December 7, 2017

Violence against women is on the rise in our region, measured by the killing of women, attacks on female defenders, reports of domestic violence, and almost any other index. It is concentrated on—but not limited to—sectors of the most vulnerable women, among them the migrants.

Fraud in Honduras and the Future of Fair Elections

December 4, 2017

If we allow this setback in Honduras, not only will the Honduran people suffer, it will embolden anti-democratic forces around the world. With key elections coming up next year in Colombia, Brazil and Mexico, it’s vitally important not to allow the right to establish a precedent of successful fraud.

The Suspect Word of Women and the Masters’ Fears

December 1, 2017

The truth that’s known and accepted, as Humpty Dumpty would say, will always be power’s truth, and we will always be like Alice asking questions, breaking the molds, ignoring the admonitions to remain quiet or to be silent, disobedient, even of ourselves, using the word and our bodies to move forward.

La palabra en sospecha y los miedos de los caudillos

November 22, 2017

En vísperas de las elecciones en Honduras, mujeres se manifiestan frente a la casa del presidente Juan Orlando Hernández para hacer un llamado ante la violencia de género y discriminación que se vive en el país. La palabra de una mujer violentada, por principio, nunca debería estar bajo sospecha. Lamentablemente, no es así.