PARTNER PROFILE OF THE MONTH
WINNER OF THE $1,000 CASH AWARD – DAVID STEWART MEDAL
Center of Studies for Women-Honduras (CEM-H)
This award will enable our partner in Honduras to acquire new resource materials for popular education and arts programs at the Youth centres run by CEM-H
CEM-H is a feminist organization that provides health services and promotes women’s rights through political, organizational, research and communication actions.
CEM-H promotes and strengthens women’s empowerment to:
a) Reduce domestic violence
b) Obtain due respect concerning decisions about their own bodies
c) Have access to pay and resource equity
d) Reduce poverty and have equal opportunities to move into
positions of political influence.
Through its participation and the strengthening of social processes, CEM-H promotes the formulation of public policies and cultural changes to eliminate discrimination against women and achieve relationships of gender equity.
Its programme is directed at strengthening women’s participation in civil society with a view to improving their organizational and leadership capacities so that they may be true participants in democratic processes at the local, national and regional levels and have a higher quality of life for themselves and their families.
CEM-H has incorporated a gender perspective in all aspects of its work with adolescent and adult women, with regard to domestic, labour and societal issues and in its work to influence public policies and programmes.
CEM-H is an active member within Honduras and within the Mesoamerican region in the women’s movement and in national, regional and international networks devoted to social justice.
