On 26 March the wife of the Human Rights Ombudsman, Gladys Monterroso, also a lawyer and a politician in the Encuentro por Guatemala party was kidnapped for several hours and tortured before being released. As we reported before there has… Read More ›
Gender
New film about Juana Mendez
Juana Mendez will be remembered in Guatemala as the first woman who succeeded in achieving a conviction against a serving police officer for mistreating her in custody. During her detention at the police station in Nebaj she was raped and… Read More ›
Latin American Women and Gender Abuse in the UK – Conference
Our visitor from Guatemala, Iduvina Hernandez, will speak at the first ever conference on Latin American Women and Gender Abuse in the UK on 25 November. The event has been organised by the Latin American Women’s Rights Service, starts at… Read More ›
Centre for Gender and Refugee Studies Annual Report
The Centre for Gender and Refugee Studies (CGRS) has just published its annual report. The CGRS’ mission is to protect the human rights of refugee women, part of which addresses the root causes of the refugee flow in the first… Read More ›
Guatemala Solidarity Network 