[HNA] First Military Coup of 21st Century Reverses Honduran Women's Gains in Human Rights

[Sergio Reyes]

First Military Coup of 21st Century Reverses Honduran Women's Gains in Human Rights 
By Margaret Thompson 
FIRE – Feminist International Radio Endeavour/Radio Internacional Feminista 

August 24, 2009 - Tegucigalpa, Honduras – The military coup d’état in Honduras on June 28th has seriously eroded democratic institutions and 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 defacto 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 defacto appointed Minister of Women.
 
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