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Foro Social de Deuda Externa y Desarrollo de Honduras (FOSDEH)
The Social Forum of Foreign Debt and Development of Honduras, FOSDEH, is mainly working with documentation and advocacy activities. The organisation conducts research on macro-economic and political issues such as poverty, foreign debt, transparency and corruption, political reforms, and free trade agreements.
FOSDEH is doing advocacy work at the regional and national levels and is elaborating proposals for strategies to fight the widespread corruption, which takes places at all levels in Honduras. The organisation worked to strengthen civil society’s participation in the elaboration of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP). It is now concentrating its efforts on further strengthening the capacities of local organisations to monitor the implementation of the PRSP fund through social auditing. DanChurchAid has supported the organisation since 2002. Visit website: www.fosdeh.net
ASJ/Revistazo.com
Revistazco.com is an internet publication aiming at strengthening the system of justice in Honduras through information and public awareness. It is issued once a month by Asociación para una Sociedad más Justa (ASJ), a Christian organisation working for a just legislation and application of the law in Honduras. ASJ conducts advocacy activities together with other local organisations, and the work is directed towards giving marginalised local communities and other vulnerable groups a greater knowledge of their rights. Revistazo.com is focused on critical and independent journalism, which can serve as a source of information for journalists, civil society organisations and decision-makers, among others. Visit website: www.revistazo.com
Radio Progreso
Radio Progreso is an alternative radio station in North-Eastern Honduras’ Valle de Sula, which has the town El Progreso as its centre. The radio was established in 1957 and is run by a group of Jesuits. Apart from functioning as an ordinary local radio with music and news, the radio also brings up topics such as human rights, peace and social justice, and offers training programmes. Radio Progreso is mainly addressing itself to the poor and vulnerable groups such as migrants, young people, female workers in the maquila industry (textile factories exempted from tax), and the rural communities. The aim is to give these groups access to information about the political realities of the country and about their rights and responsibilities as well as to advocate for political changes.
Equipo de Reflexión e Investigación (ERIC)
ERIC is the Catholic church’s human rights office, which is lead by a group of Jesuits. They work with the documentation of violations of human rights and informing the poorest groups about their rights. ERIC is mainly working among female workers, poor farmers and young people in Valle de Sula and Aguán in the Northern part of Honduras. Furthermore, they conduct advocacy work at the national level.
Centro de Derechos de Mujeres (CDM)
For more than a decade, the Center for Women’s Rights (CDM) has worked in the defense and promotion of women’s rights in Honduras. CDM works in four thematic program areas: 1) the prevention of and attention to victims of gender related violence, 2) promotion of women’s sexual and reproductive rights, 3) women’s popular participation and 4) the defense of legal rights of women working in the free zone maquilas.
The analysis and communication unit of the organisation is compiling and analysing documentation and disseminating information about women’s rights through different media.
Centro de Investigación y Promoción de los Derechos Humanos (CIPRODEH)
CIPRODEH is a human rights organisation working for a more efficient and fair system of justice. The organisation is trying to improve civil society’s access to and use of the legal system for conflict resolution. It is doing advocacy work at the national level as well as strengthening local capacities for informal conflict resolution and reconciliation involving community leaders and social organisations in the Western departments of Lempira and Copán. Furthermore, CIPRODEH is training the national police in human rights issues and trying to improve its capacity to treat criminal cases and juridical problems. Visit website: www.ciprodeh.org.hn
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