Tuesday, August 18, 2009
International Delegation Amplifies
Honduran Women's Voices
In July, JASS sent out an action alert on Honduras. To find out what has happened since, visit the JASS Honduran Action Monitor.
This week (August 17–22), an international delegation of women – including human rights activists, researchers, legal experts and journalists from Central America, Mexico, the United States, and Canada – is convening a local and virtual Observatorio (Feminist Transformation Watch) in Honduras to shed light on women’s rights violations under the de facto regime that overthrew the democratically elected president in a coup d’état on June 28th. We invite you to follow and participate.
Organizers: JASS (Just Associates) with Honduran Feminists in Resistance, Las Petateras, Radio Feminista, Nobel Women’s Initiative, and the Consortium for Parliamentary Dialogue and Equality (Mexico)
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The slogan being used by Honduran feminists in resistance during protests: “nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo,” translates as “they fear us because we are not afraid.” ~ report from delegation in Honduras
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Follow the Delegation
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"The police are targeting young people and women, abusing them physically and verbally. The violence against women in resistance is often sexual in nature: both verbally and in the way the police use their batons – hitting women’s breasts and private parts." ~ Observatorio participant
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