research publication:

'The Responses of International Aid Agencies to Violence against Women in Central America -the case of Honduras' November 2008

latest news:

Electronic Bulletin November 2008

24 October 2008: Members of the Latin American and Caribbean Group of BOND (the British Overseas NGOs for Development), express to the UK Government its concern at recent actions of the Nicaraguan government.

17 October 2008: CAWN wants to express its serious concern about the recent accusations and actions that the Nicaraguan government is taking against civil society organisations and in particular women’s organisations that have been working for many years for the defence and respect of human rights, women’s rights and democracy in Nicaragua:

Letter to the Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega (Spanish)

Letter in Solidarity to the Nicaraguan women's organisations and NGOs (Spanish)

Briefing Paper:

Economic Literacy: a tool for women's empowerment in Nicaragua
October 2008

Possible Impacts of the Association Agreement with the EU and Central America
March 2008

CAWN Position Paper:
Gender equality & trade liberalization
June 2008

A-genda: June 2008

welcome to cawn

The Central America Women’s Network (CAWN) is a London based organisation that
supports, publicises and learns from the struggles of women in Central America in the defence of their rights.

Our work is grounded in strong and active links with the women’s movement in Central America. Since our beginnings, we have worked with Central American women’s organisations that are active in defending their rights and increasing women’s voice and presence in decision-making across the region.

We have gained knowledge and experience through consultation processes and our joint work with partners in Central America. In addition, the impact of our advocacy work has been strengthened by collaboration with other organisations and networks in the United Kingdom and the European Union.

Some of our recent achievements include:

* Organising speaker tours in the United Kingdom of women from Central America.

* Promoting exchanges of experiences between women’s organisations in the United Kingdom and Central America on issues affecting women’s rights.

* Providing up to date information and analysis on the situation of women’s rights through our email list, briefings, newsletters, website and research reports.

* Successfully advancing a gender perspective in the work of the Ethical Trading Initiative.

* Supporting partners to challenge gender violence in Honduras and promote women’s economic literacy in Nicaragua.

 

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