By Juliette Doman, published in The Conversation. In February 2016, Guatemalan women survivors and the alliance of organisations supporting them successfully prosecuted two former members of the Guatemalan military for domestic and sexual slavery in the groundbreaking Sepur Zarco trial…. Read More ›
Gender
Molina Theissen – ‘we have chosen to live’
It has taken 37 years for the five ex-military leaders to face justice for the forced disappearance of the 14 year old Marco Antonio Molina Theissen and the rape and torture of his sister, Emma Guadalupe Molina Theissen. They are… Read More ›
‘I Am Here Seeking Justice’
Earlier this year we posted a link to a video from Plaza Pública on the Sepur Zarco case and, of the seeking of justice. The video. with English subtitles, by Juliette Doman, is available here and, again, there is nothing… Read More ›
Indigenous weavers organize for collective intellectual property rights
A woman weaves in Santiago Atitlan, Sololá, Guatemala using a traditional backstrap loom. (WNV/Jeff Abbott) On July 9, Kaqchikel Maya weavers in Guatemala gathered in the town of Santiago Sacatepéquez’s central park to celebrate a small victory in their struggle… Read More ›
Court Ratifies Historic Sepur Zarco Sexual Violence Judgment
The High Risk Appellate Court upheld the historic Sepur Zarco judgment this week after unanimously rejecting the three appeals presented by the defense counsel of the two military officials convicted last February in the case. The judges read the summary… Read More ›
Hell is not a Metaphor for this Place
‘Children killed by a disastrous state – we will not forget them’ “This is one of those columns that should never have to be written because the deaths of 40 children in a ‘safe’ Home, in the charge of the… Read More ›
500 YEARS
“There is joy in dreaming about a new country, a country where we indigenous people, with our culture, our language, our spirituality, our worldview, can exist as part of this country.” – Daniel Pascual, Peasant Leader 500 YEARS is the story… Read More ›
Los Ancianos
Doña Sabina in her one-room village home. Without family who can support her, Sabina has very few possessions. At noon each day, she walks barefoot down sharp cobblestones to receive a meal at an elderly nutrition center run by Mayan… Read More ›
Helping to get justice for indigenous women raped and tortured in Guatemala’s civil war
Feliciana Bernal (Credit: Amy Bracken) On PRI’s The Word, Amy Bracken reports on the story of Feliciana Bernal, who was one of the translators in the Ríos Montt Genocide trial. The piece goes on to say that there has been… Read More ›
CAWN’s 25th Anniversary and Closing event
Dear friends and supporters, This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Central America Women’s Network. It also marks the final point of CAWN as an active organisation. In 1991, during an intense period of civil war and revolution in Central America, a… Read More ›
