Hundreds of thousands of women marched in Santiago de Chile in a new commemoration of International Women’s Day’s this past March 8, 2020. Celebrating International Women’s Day, the women gathered in massive numbers displaying slogans alluding to gender violence and…
Ángeles del Desierto is an all-volunteer search and rescue group that provides humanitarian assistance to migrants lost in the desert region along the border of Mexico and the United States. Their mission is humanitarian and their main purpose is to…
Fondo Semillas is a feminist organization that works to combat the conditions of injustice and inequality of women in Mexico. The organization dreams of a country where all women, indigenous, mestizo, black, young, migrant, heterosexual, lesbian, trans, mothers, and students,…
Punto Joven was born 5 years ago as a local news channel in the department of El Paraiso, Honduras. The cast emerged through local television and a year and 4 months ago, they decided to film spoken reflections through YouTube.…
On February 9th, 2020 the eyes of the international community focused on El Salvador as President Nayib Bukele entered the nation’s Congress along with military personnel. This was the result of an initiative promoted by the President to allocate $…
The city with the highest border traffic in the world hosted the first transnational migration meeting of 2020. More than 100 representatives from 75 organizations from Central America, Mexico and the United States convened from February 20 to 22…
The CORDES Association is an institution dedicated to improving the living conditions of the rural and urban population in El Salvador. CORDES works alongside rural communities to promote food security, gender equity, and development in harmony with the environment. Since…
There are 67 million domestic workers, worldwide, reports the International Labour Organzation (ILO), a specialized agency of the United Nations that brings together governments, employers and workers from 187 member states to establish labor standards, formulate policies and develop programs…
On their way north to their final destination, which for some is Mexico and for others, the US, migrants may encounter the migrant shelter, Casa del Migrante Jose. The Casa is located in Esquipulas, Chiquimula, Guatemala, a unique border town,…
The Asociación de Retornados Guatemaltecos, (Association of Guatemalan Returnees) is the only civil organization that welcomes Guatemalan returnees who have been deported from the United States. What happens to the returnees immediately upon arrival in Guatemala? What are some of…