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  1. Shifting the Narrative
  2. 16 Days of Activism
  3. Meet the fearless women activists of Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala

Meet the fearless women activists of Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala

Meet the fearless women activists of Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala.  Women like Alma Gomez, a former guerilla fighter now working to seek justice for victims of femicide in northern Mexico; Daysi Flores who took to the streets in defense of democracy after the 2009 coup in Honduras; and Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchú Tum of Guatemala, who works to defend the rights of indigenous communities who are still treated like second-class citizens in Guatemala.

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Meet the fearless women activists of Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala

These women are on the frontlines of facing a crisis of violence in Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala.

The ongoing so-called “war against drugs” in Mexico has lead to widespread abuses, including disappearances and alarming levels of sexual violence against women. Since the coup d’etat in 2009, the homicide rate in Honduras has skyrocketed and women’s rights have suffered a huge setback. In Guatemala, women defending their lands from greedy mining companies are facing arbitrary detention, displacement, and rape.

This is the world premiere of Women Crossing the Line: Defensoras in Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala—a new series of short documentaries from Nobel Women’s Initiative and JASS. In Defensoras in Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala we meet women activists from the region who have stood bravely to demand an end to violence and greater rights.

This first chapter of Women Crossing the Line opens a window into the journey of these women to become defensoras—and the hope they have for the future of their countries.

WATCH WOMEN CROSSING THE LINE: DEFENSORAS IN MEXICO, HONDURAS, AND GUATEMALA

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From Survivors to Defenders: Women Confronting Violence in Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala

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Catch up on Nobel Women’s Initiative 2012 delegation to Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala

 

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16 Days of Activism

November 25, 2022

Afrah Nassar: "Believe that you are worth listening to."

November 25, 2022

Jamila Afghani: “We should extend hands of support to each other."

November 25, 2022

Mèaza Gidey Gebremedhin: “I always need to fight for myself, for my place in this world, and to help others.”

November 25, 2022

A Q&A with democracy activist Khin Ohmar: "I feel at peace knowing there is a young generation fighting for their rights."

November 25, 2022

Amira Osman Hamed: "Don't let them terrify you."

November 25, 2022

Lubna Alkanawati: "What's really helped me to survive is the women's network around me."

November 25, 2022

Nina Potarska, Anna Chernova and Oksana Senyk: "Family peace is a small piece of peacebuilding."

November 25, 2022

Nadia Murad: "We don't get anywhere by pacifying with politeness."

December 10, 2021

Manal Shqair: I’m always fighting every day for my existence as a woman (Palestine)

December 9, 2021

Ounaysa Arabi: Knowledge is power and we have a good inheritance from feminists around the world (Sudan)

December 9, 2021

Ilaf Nasreldin: We as women deserve to live a better life (Sudan)

December 8, 2021

Musu Diamond Kamara: When one woman is affronted, all of us are affronted (Liberia)

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