HONDURAS

HONDURAS

The military coup d’état in Honduras on June 28 has seriously eroded democratic institutions and Taxi Heathrow Airport hard-fought gains in women’s human rights and human rights in general. Setbacks include the takeover and militarization of the National Institute of Women (INAM) by the de facto coup administration, the suspension of 25 people including 18 women from their jobs at INAM, and violent repression by security forces of feminists who were protesting in front of the ministry, ordered by the de facto appointed Minister of Women.

Tegucigalpa, Tuesday, September 1, 2009