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Take Action: Protect Guatemalan Human Rights Defender Norma Cruz

Guatemalan human rights defender Norma Cruz – leader of the women’s rights organization ‘Survivors’ Foundation’ (Fundación Sobrevivientes) – has received… Read More »

Take Action: Demand Justice for the Women of Atenco

In May 2006, Mexican police responded with violence to protests in the San Salvador Atenco, killing two people, injuring many… Read More »

Key Case: Elba Rubio, Honduras

Elba Rubio is a reporter for the community radio station La Voz De Zacate Grande. The radio station is located… Read More »

Take Action: Demand release of activists Eva & Marcial, Mexico

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Victoria & Nenetzin are step-sisters whose parents (Eva and Marcial) are activists who have disappeared. Watch their story (in Spanish). … Read More »

Defensoras: Feminists in Resistance, Honduras

Visit the Just Associates profile of the remarkable ‘Feminists in Resistance’ in Honduras.  The coup d’état that took place in… Read More »

Key Case: Mindi Rodas, Guatemala

In 2009, Mindi Rodas told her husband she was leaving him because he was having an affair. As they took… Read More »

Key Case: Marisela Escobedo, Mexico

In December 2010, Marisela Escobedo was holding a peace vigil in Chihuahua City’s main square when she was approached by… Read More »

Activist Spotlight: Luz Méndez, Guatemala

“We must recognize that sexual violence has been the greatest silence of wars.”   Meet Luz Méndez. Luz is a… Read More »

Activist Spotlight: Andréa Medina Rosas, Mexico

Meet ANDRÉA MEDINA ROSAS—feminist human rights lawyer and independent consultant. Andréa courageously works towards defending murdered and disappeared women, many… Read More »

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