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Honduras: Women Targeted for Resisting Coup |
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Written by Jelena
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Monday, 02 November 2009 13:04 |
Honduran women continue their resistance to the de facto regime that kidnapped and ousted the democratically elected president in a coup d'état on June 28, 2009. In August an international delegation organized by JASS (www.justassociates.org), Petateras, Radio Feminista and allied organizations traveled to Honduras and accompanied Honduran Feminists in Resistance, an alliance of feminists and women's organizations. The delegation, together with the Feminists in Resistance, documented the impact of the current political crisis on women - in particular, the human rights abuses, sexual harrassment and rape committed against women who are resisting the coup and calling for a return to democracy.
"Women have walked this country from end to end, raising consciousness about what is happening and connecting women and movements. Like the "grandmother", an old woman who, in El Paraíso, took a megaphone and for 18 hours straight stood in front of the military and told stories and parables. Or the young women who challenge the military head-on, pushing their bayonets out of the way so that they don't use them on anyone again.... those women who have been raped, verbally and emotionally tortured, the political prisoners... those women who refuse to stop honoring life through their actions."
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Honduran women continue their resistance to the de facto regime that kidnapped and ousted the democratically elected president in a coup d'état on June 28, 2009. In August an international delegation organized by JASS (www.justassociates.org), Petateras, Radio Feminista and allied organizations traveled to Honduras and accompanied Honduran Feminists in Resistance, an alliance of feminists and women's organizations. The delegation, together with the Feminists in Resistance, documented the impact of the current political crisis on women - in particular, the human rights abuses, sexual harrassment and rape committed against women who are resisting the coup and calling for a return to democracy.