Migrant activists and women defenders meet for dignity here and there
Central American women migrant activists and human rights defenders meet for the first time in Euskadi for dignity
With the support of Calala Women’s Fund, Women with a Voice Association y eLankidetza-Agency Basque Agency for Development Cooperation, For the first time in Spain, an event will be held by Central American women migrant activists and human rights defenders who promote this movement at the local and global level. The meeting will take place in Bilbao from 29 October to 2 November.
The agenda will be marked by meetings between state and Basque organisations, talks with women's groups, activists and human rights and environmental defenders, as well as an event open to the general public.
This public event will take place on 2 November in Bilbao under the name ‘Weaving Territories 2022’, a meeting that will bring together migrant activists and women defenders for dignity.
The aim of this event is to generate a space for dialogue with racialised migrant activists from the Basque Country and Central American women human rights defenders, to make visible the activities and work they carry out, as well as the persecution and threats they receive, in some cases even leading to disappearances and assassinations.
The event on 2 November will take place at the Hika Ateneo de Bilbao, Eskola Zumarkalea 1, between 18:00 and 21:00. It will be open to the public until full capacity is reached and it will be necessary to register beforehand by clicking here: Bilbao Event 2 November
Honduran defenders talk about the importance of building support networks between the Central American and Madrid-based anti-racist and feminist movements.
The last meeting of the national meeting of women defenders will take place in the cultural space La Parcería on 3 November in Madrid, where four Honduran women defenders will present the situation of women's rights in Honduras and in the Central American region. The aim of the meeting is to exchange experiences with Honduran migrant women in order to recognise the importance of weaving cross-border links between the Central American and Madrid feminist movements.
This discussion, held with the support of Calala Women’s Fund and the Madrid City Council will allow participants to meet activists who tell from their experience the situation of women and the challenges they face in their work defending sexual and reproductive rights in the region, as well as to build alliances. In addition, there will be an in-depth look at the situation faced by Honduran migrant women currently living in Spain.
The event will take place on 3 November in Madrid, in the cultural space La Parcería, C. de Martín de Vargas 13 (Embajadores), at 19:00. From 21:00 there will be a catering and music session with Dj Nayare. Attendance is open to the public until full capacity is reached and it will be necessary to register in advance at: Event Madrid 3 November
Social organisations, Latin American, African and African women of all origins, the media, as well as those interested in learning about the different realities, proposals and themes that converge in decolonial anti-racist feminism, which is gaining more and more strength in the country and in Latin America, are invited to both events.
Get to know the profiles of the women human rights defenders and the territory that will accompany us.
Regina Fonseca
She coordinates the Programme for the Strengthening of the Right to Decide of the Women's Rights Centre. She is part of Somos Muchas por la Libertad y la Vida de las Mujeres and of the Grupo Estratégico por las PAE in Honduras. At the regional level, she is a member of La Sombrilla Centroamérica and the Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network.
My fundamental activism is accompanying women in their right to decide.
In her spare time Regina enjoys taking care of her plants and her grandchildren, 2-year-old twins.
Hogla Teruel Fernández
Honduran.
Degree in Social Work from the Autonomous University of Honduras.
Diploma in Gender Studies and Rural Development from the Universidad Pedagógica Francisco Morazán.
She is the Coordinator of the Women's Citizenship Building Programme at the Women's Rights Centre (CDM).
She has been working for 30 years to strengthen the leadership of organised women: peasants, trade unionists, villagers and women activists in urban and rural political parties. Author and co-author of many educational materials.
Cecilia Rodríguez
Organised in Colectiva Lesbofeminista las hijas de Safo in El Salvador.
Cecilia is an activist, lesbofeminist, mother, women's human rights defender and activist for the decriminalisation of abortion.
Carmen Fabiola Villatoro
Honduran, feminist and women's rights advocate.
She has been a member of Colectiva Matria for 8 years, a collective of diverse young women. Her focus has been on feminist politics, women's rights and comprehensive sexual health for women and girls.
Within Matria Carmen carries out activist events such as mural painting, cultural events and dissemination of messages related to the defence of women's rights and decriminalisation of abortion.
They have collaborated with different national and international organisations to create safe spaces in which they share knowledge with adolescents and young women on issues such as body-territory, sexual rights, pleasure and the right to decide, among others.
Silvia Juarez
Salvadoran feminist, lawyer, notary and human rights defender. Specialist in equality studies, gender, citizen security and women's human rights.
She has 12 years of experience and experience in the development of strategies for the eradication of violence against women, equality and special protection for people in situations of gender discrimination. Researcher and analyst.
- Asociación Organización de Mujeres Salvadoreñas por la Paz, ORMUSA (El Salvador)
- Coordinates ORMUSA's Programme Towards a Life Free of Violence for Women and member of the Civil Society Advisory Group of UN WOMEN for the period 2016-2020.
- SIHUATAN“ honorary distinction, awarded in 2011 by the INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACION, CAPACITACION Y DESARROLLO DE LA MUJER IMU to outstanding personalities in the defence of the human rights of Salvadoran women.
- Margarita Posada“ Award for the Defence of Life, for commitment to the defence of women's rights in El Salvador, 2021.
Silvia is an enthusiast of rural walks, gastronomy and reading.
Elma Perdomo Morales
Journalist, with reduced mobility, Honduran, co-founding member and vice-president of CM88HN (Asociación de Mujeres con Discapacidad y sus Familias Colectiva Mariposa 88 HN).
She has 10 years of activism in the defence of the human rights of people with disabilities with emphasis on women, and 6 years as president of FENAPAPEDISH (National Federation of Mothers, Fathers and Families of People with Disabilities of Honduras).
- She was appointed UN Ambassador to End Violence against Women and Girls in 2021.
- Delegate of the Spotligth National Reference Group 2018-2022.
- Member of the Santa Ana women's network
- Representative to the government in the revision and harmonisation of the national law with the international framework of the Convention on the Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
“I am passionate about empowering other women about their rights, and supporting families in their process of accepting their disability”.”
Silvia Elizondo
Coordinator of the Asociación de Mujeres Ixchel por la Transformación Social y Cultural de El Salvador.
Feminist activist organised in Asociación de Mujeres Ixchel, co-founder of the feminist digital magazine La Brújula and of the initiative “Alerta Raquel” to accompany family members and disappeared persons, Human Rights Defender.
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