The fight for the next generation

María Felicita López, an indigenous feminist leader, works in the Department of La Paz in resistance against extractive projects that enter communities without consultation and without an environmental impact study. In addition, She recognizes that the accompaniment of PBI helps them when there are difficulties with national authorities

The deforestation behind hurricane devastation

Experts increasingly point to deforestation as one of the main causal factors for such massive floods. Over the past two decades alone, Honduras has lost between 23,000 and 58,000 hectares of woodland per year

“I dream of a fairer Honduras”

Lawyer at CEHPRODEC, Andrea Pineda explains of her visits to the communities of Honduras: "Indigenous people are exploited by large landowners and they hardly know anything about their rights. We want to approve them to regain their rights and show them that they are not alone in this fight". The Honduran State has granted more than 2,000 square kilometers for extractive and agro-industrial projects.

Gender-based violence: another pandemic for women

According to the OHCHR, the restrictions on leaving the home have contributed to the increase in gender-based violence. However, as Wendy Cruz explains, "women have stopped reporting because there is no follow-up". In this context, and in the face of the limited access to the health system in Honduras, the incentive to find alternative approaches to violence and to re-evaluate the care labour that women undertake continues to grow