Collective Achievements

Above: Representatives of feminist and social organizations 

Below: Press Conference, Monday, October 11, 2021, Guatemala City Nitza Segui, President Latinas en Poder

Sixty-one women's organizations and 500 women leaders in seven countries participated in the Summit. We visited 13 communities and dialogued with more than 250 women. It was an amazing experience, full of warmth and commitment to continue working together. 

We are presenting a special Report or  Briefing to the US Congress during the last week of March 2022.     

Press Conference: Monday, October 11, 2021, Tegucigalpa, Honduras Katy Gil, Northeast Region Director (NY, NJ, Penn)

The Transnational Women's Summit for Equality, Inclusion and Social Justice Was Held in Seven Countries Simultaneously

Estados Unidos, México, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico.  

Amid de pandemic, we implemented bio-security measures, with a limited number of women leaders participating in situ (18 per country), while many representatives of organizations and leaders participated online. 

Our dialogue was inclusive, with the participation of women of diverse racial and ethnic groups from rural communities, academic experts, representatives of international organizations and governments, researchers, and legislators.

Garifuna leaders gathering in San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Our Panelists

Dra. Úrsula, Roldán,Institute on Migration, Landivar University, Guatemala

Vavita LeBlanc, UNFPA, Haití

Leticia Teleguario, UNWomen, Guatemala

Celia Medrano, Human Rights Expert, El Salvador

LegislatorZuniga Cáceres, Honduras

Assembly Natalia Fernández, Nueva York

Senator Ana Irma Rivera Lassen, Puerto Rico

Tenzin Dolker, AWID

Visits and Dialogues with Women in Communities

Women entrepreneurs in the solidarity economy, Guarjila, Chalatenango, El Salvador

 A CRIPDES project.   (Click here to read their story)

Women workers in the maquila industry, embroidery, Panchimalco, El Salvador

A project for labor justice by Mujeres Transformando (Click to read the story)

Leadership Development Project, Amatitlán, Guatemala

A project with the municipal instance of women with support Fundación Avina (Click to read the story)

Economic training project with the municipal instance of women with support Fundación Avina

Rural community, municipal project of the Amatitlan women's instance, financed by Fundación Avina, Guatemala

Lenca Community, Yaramanguila, Intibucá, Honduras Coffee Project

Patronato, Corozal Honduras

Garifuna and Honduran leaders group

Humanitarian Crisis, Tapachula, Southern Border, Mexico

Lideresas Cafami, Tlaxcala. m

Roundtable Dialogue on Spiritualities

Rountable of Dialogue with Women Chimaletenango community, (Click to read the story). Entrepreneurship project sponsored by CARE