Honduras: Women Targeted for Resisting the Coup

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." ~ María Suárez, Radio Feminista

For more information visit: http://www.justassociates.org/actions/honduras_action_coup.html

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• women
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• Honduran coup
• coup
• democracy
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• movement building

[SGTRVN1]

The President was thrown out because he was destroying the country of Honduras.

He was evil, corrupt, and was on the verge of instituting another Hiatian style dicatorship that he expected the military to support. Only in the US does the military stand by while the prez destrrys the country. Good on the Honduran Army!

[Patriot4300212016]

@ihr25 u are the exact scum that has our entire folk in the shitter, if things were better and the lower class had more than i wouldnt hate that shitty government, if you support the current government u SUCK....traitors and capitalists fuck you

[ihr25]

quien es traidor papa///habla claro...estasa favor a la dictadura verdad imbecil...busca vida...adonde esta tu dictador..porque no le vas a bajar cocos en esa isla indio pelado

[Patriot4300212016]

callate marica...el tiempo les va a llegar a los que tienen a honduras bajo esta situacion! y los vamos a matar a cada uno de los traidores uno por uno los sacaremos de sus hollos como las ratas que son ya que despues de todo no son mas que traidores y extranjeros manipuladores.

NO HAY MAS RECOMPENSA PARA LOS TRAIDORES QUE LA MUERTE!

ya mucha sangre inocente se ha derramado previamente en Honduras es tiempo que se derrame la sangre traidora SIN MISERICORDIA!!!!

VIVA HONDURAS CAMARADAS!!!

[latinchico22]

this is the same person who i have had a debate with in another video , where this person who made up another user name because he was being hateful towards women and does not believe in women rights , this person also made up an account where he pretends to be a female and defend his own comments , and this person is not from honduras this person is actually mexican and lied to me saying he was there recently when i asked to show a ticket or something like that he refused ,

[ihr25]

this is misleading my family is honduran....we are semi thankful for the protectful curfews...semi becuae toomuch....women have freedom in honduras...viva micheleti...viva honduras.......we do not need the US or ZELAYA OR CHAVEZ