2022 Agenda

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Join us at the Clarion hotel bar from 7:00-9:00pm for drinks to unwind after a long day of travel. A perfect way to get to know other participants before CADF 2022 begins.

Welcome to CADF 2022! Let your first stop be at our registration desk, where you can pick up your badge and printed program. Do you need help activating Whova, this year’s networking app? Have a question about a session in the agenda? Stop by our registration desk and let our friendly staff help you prepare for a productive three days at #CADF2022.

In the context of a Honduran case study, lawyers and advocates will analyze the impact of strategic litigation in the defense of human rights for vulnerable groups in Honduras and El Salvador. This session will address how judicial channels contribute to the emergence of jurisprudence and the effective protection of the rights of women, factory workers, indigenous peoples and human rights defenders. Similarly, speakers will discuss how the effective and strategic use of law is a tool to fight back against the very structural discrimination and impunity it creates, thus strengthening equality and equity in the region.

This breakfast panel is open to all attendees on a first-come-first-serve basis and includes a complimentary breakfast. Space may be limited, so attendees are encouraged to arrive early to ensure their participation.

Why should philanthropy invest in youth social movements in Central America and Mexico? This exhibition, curated by Seattle International Foundation’s (SIF) Central America and Mexico Youth Fund (CAMY Fund), responds to this question by inviting CADF attendees to take a visual tour through the contributions and impact of young people organizing social protests, civil resistance and citizen-led movements in the region. Step into this artistic vision for a more secure, just and free present and future, where Central American and Mexican youth are the central leaders.

Join Adriana Beltrán, Executive Director of Seattle International Foundation, as she welcomes our audience to the 12th annual Central America Donors Forum. In this anticipated return to our first in-person gathering since the beginning of the pandemic, Adriana will open CADF 2022 and invite you to take your seat at the table during three days of discussion on development, justice and equity in Central America.

This session will be livestreamed on Seattle International Foundation’s social media pages.

Laura F. Dogu is the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras where she has served since April 2022. A career member of the United States Foreign Service, she has held many diplomatic posts including as U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua from 2015-18. In her keynote address, she will discuss the complex mix of issues that make up the United States-Honduran relationship, and U.S. commitments to partner with Honduras to address issues of economic opportunity, security, climate change and the root causes of migration.

This session will be livestreamed on Seattle International Foundation’s social media pages.

The Biden Administration has announced major initiatives to encourage democratic governance and to strengthen the rule of law in the Northern countries of Central America. These initiatives are a central part of a U.S. strategy to address the root causes of migration by fighting corruption, strengthening governance and providing new economic opportunities in Central America as alternatives to irregular migration. By working with regional partners, civil society and the private sector, the U.S. supports local efforts that contribute to a better future and will restore hope for Central Americans. During this fireside chat, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Emily Mendrala will discuss these initiatives and their progress with SIF’s Executive Director, Adriana Beltrán.

This session will be livestreamed on Seattle International Foundation’s social media pages.

Independent media are an essential element for a vibrant civic space and a consolidated democracy. In recent years, the region and the world have been experiencing great challenges to freedom of expression and press freedom in the context of fake news, governments and the media. These challenges include the use of the justice system to criminalize journalists, attacks on the life and integrity of journalists, strategies to limit the media’s ability to operate, and the use of the media as a means of communication.

This session will be livestreamed on Seattle International Foundation’s social media pages.

Network and exchange session takeaways with fellow CADF attendees while enjoying refreshments and light pastries.

Conserving and restoring nature using integrated management is key to the development of and increase in climate change resilience in Central America. There is an urgent need to move towards solutions that prioritize natural resources and biodiversity and strategically engage all stakeholders under principles of equity in order to face the social, economic, and environmental challenges and effects of climate change. It is crucial to understand the needs of the territories and civil society’s challenges, as well as their role at a local level, and how they have worked to implement replicable, innovative, inclusive and equitable initiatives.

This session will be livestreamed on Seattle International Foundation’s social media pages.

Through small group discussions and interactive activities, this workshop invites attendees to reflect, share and propose ways their own organizations have taken and can take action towards shifting power in their partnerships. Funders will have a chance to explore the Trust-Based Philanthropy framework for assessing their own ways of working, while grantees brainstorm strategies to strengthen their voice and power in donor relationships. Facilitators of this workshop will share a mapping of the ever-expanding movement and universe of resources on decolonizing development.

This workshop is open to all attendees on a first-come-first-serve basis. Space may be limited, so attendees are encouraged to arrive early to ensure their participation.

Anti-corruption reforms have taken center stage in discourses and policies of governments in the region, and is becoming a key area for donors and the international community. In this session, leaders of the anti-corruption movement will present their perspectives on a way forward. This discussion will include legal reforms, prosecution efforts and international-sponsored agencies. Panelists will analyze the backlash from government and groups of power against individuals and organizations in the anti-corruption movement, as well as the hope for a CICIH in Honduras and how CCINOC, a regional coalition of the top anti-corruption organizations in the region, may help push forward the anti-corruption efforts.

Grab a seat indoors or outside by the pool and network with new connections. Find a table card featuring a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) that interests you and meet potential allies for your work.

CADF 2021 closed with a call for donors to recognize the generational educational crisis provoked by pandemic school closures in Central America. One year later, and more than two and a half years after the emergence of Covid-19, education officials, school leaders and civil society actors are working to recover learning and ensure students return to and stay in school. Growing evidence indicates that disruptions to education could have generational effects on wellbeing and development. This plenary will focus on what actors across sectors are learning as they implement recovery strategies, and will highlight the role for philanthropy in supporting equitable access to education.

This session will be livestreamed on Seattle International Foundation’s social media pages.

Network and exchange session takeaways with fellow CADF attendees while enjoying refreshments and light pastries.

In June 2022, the U.S. government launched the Voices (Voces) initiative dedicated to protecting, defending and promoting civic space in Central America, with a focus on Promoting Digital Democracy and Countering Digital Authoritarianism; Promoting Freedom of Expression and Strengthening Independent Media; and Countering Criminalization and Providing Protection. In this session, speakers will discuss current challenges to civic space in the region, steps that governments, civil society, the international and donor communities, and the private sector are taking to address them, and next steps to engage diverse actors on these issues.

The situation in El Salvador has deteriorated significantly in recent years. President Bukele has undermined judicial independence, reduced government transparency, and harassed independent journalists and human rights defenders. Now, Bukele is responding to gang violence by implementing an overly broad state of emergency and passing laws that have contributed to arbitrary arrests, short-term enforced disappearances, mistreatment of detainees, and suspicious deaths in custody. Human Rights Watch and Cristosal have partnered to produce a report with new insights on these human rights violations and the erosion of the rule of law. This panel will be part of the release of the findings of this joint research and ongoing partnership.

This session will begin with a brief introduction of the sociopolitical milestones in Honduras that place in context the women’s and feminist movements. Such movements throughout the region are demanding sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) while experiencing both advances and setbacks. Speakers will analyze SRHR through a holistic perspective, including as a pillar of women’s empowerment and equity building. These experts will elaborate on emergency contraceptive pills and abortion–two crucial yet denied rights. Panelists will also discuss the historical struggles of the women’s movement around SRHR, particularly in the context of the new Honduran government, and highlight newly formed pacts, alliances and synergies.

According to the Honduran Public Ministry, during the 2020 pandemic outbreak, more than 100,000 phone calls were made by women to the police over domestic violence. Less than 30% of these calls were answered by authorities. “Living Bodies” is a documentary that portrays a society submerged in indifference, allowing viewers to see a journey of daily life through the lens of a camera. Fragmented shots of a city are overlaid with the calls of women seeking help through the emergency line. As we see a mosaic of bodies, we also hear the testimony of Amara, a young Honduran woman who suffered violence at the hands of her partner. “Living Bodies” transforms into an experimental documentary that seeks to vindicate the empowerment of female bodies. Join the Director, Andrea Arauz, for a discussion following the screening.

On the second evening of CADF, meet up with fellow attendees at Arno Bistró Café Francais. Visit the registration table to learn more about the special courses and prices offered for CADF attendees. Complimentary transportation will depart at 6:30pm from the Clarion Hotel.

Estimated cost: 850 Honduran Lempiras ($34 USD) + tax

Address: Arno Bistró Café Francais, Edificio Guijarros adjacent Parque España, Colonia Lomas del Guijarro, Tegucigalpa

The exclusion of the LGBTQ+ community in Central American society is largely promoted by fundamentalism and by idiosyncrasies of the greater population. These rejections of sexual orientations, gender identities and subsequent distancing from heteronormativity make accessing rights and achieving a fulfilling life burdensome. This workshop aims to teach new perspectives about overcoming and breaking cycles of violence based on sexual orientation and gender identity in Central America. Attendees will learn about appropriate LGBTIQ+ terminology, as well as new ideas to shift sociocultural strategies that bring about peacebuilding through a human rights approach.

“Waylaid in Tijuana” is a documentary film that explores how immigration policies adopted in Washington, D.C. reverberate south of the border in Tijuana, Mexico. The documentary features migrants and asylum seekers from Haiti and Central America, migration experts, government officials, and migrant advocates from the Tijuana/San Diego region who grapple with the consequences of these policies on a daily basis. Join us following the day’s panel sessions for a screening and Q&A session with Dr. Katrina Burgess, writer and producer of the film, and gain insight into U.S. immigration policies and migrant advocacy.

Grab dinner and network with other CADF attendees at the sleek restaurant Rojo Bar & Restaurant. Visit the registration table to learn more about the special courses and prices offered for CADF attendees. Complimentary transportation will depart at 6:00pm from Clarion Hotel.

Estimated cost: 800-1,100 Honduran Lempiras ($32-44 USD) + tax

Address: Rojo Bar y Restaurante, Col. Palmira Ave., República de Argentina 1930, Tegucigalpa

The many challenges facing women agro-entrepreneurs in accessing equitable and sustainable markets, and generating prosperity for themselves and their communities include: gender barriers, land tenure, access to financing, lack of knowledge about raw material processing, innovation, exports and access to markets. In this session led by Swisscontact, a group of women agro-entrepreneurs from Honduras and Guatemala will discuss how the transformation of a commercial trade system for the economic empowerment of women, coupled with access to education, technical training, income generation opportunities and economic autonomy, ultimately closes gender gaps and inequalities, causes of irregular migration among young women.

This breakfast panel is open to all attendees on a first-come-first-serve basis and includes a complimentary breakfast. Space may be limited, so attendees are encouraged to arrive early to ensure their participation.

With Central American migrants facing increasing levels of violence across migration corridors, organizations throughout the region are exposing the realities migrant workers face daily and consequently organizing for justice. This is a bottom-up collaborative approach to defend and advance the labor human rights of migrant workers through education, organizing, leadership development and the incubation of worker centers as nodes of innovation from the margins; in short, placing workers and their families at the center of the struggle for justice. This panel will reframe the conversation on labor and migration, highlight ways to improve the lives of migrant workers and reimagine the future of labor migration and transnational families.

This breakfast panel is open to all attendees on a first-come-first-serve basis and includes a complimentary breakfast. Space may be limited, so attendees are encouraged to arrive early to ensure their participation.

Following a coup d’état and 12 years of autocracy that culminated in a “narco-state”, Honduras has a new government. President Xiomara Castro has focused her speech on the “refounding of the State” led by former President Mel Zelaya. Still, people continue to demand land rights, women ask for an end to gender-based violence, vulnerable groups call for attention while facing the direct effects of climate change and extractivism, and social leaders demand justice without judicial harassment. The hope found in the new government is simply not enough, and people are fleeing this country that depends on remittances. While the region’s authoritarian rules harmonize in a populist chorus, citizens are demanding democracy. This exhibition shows Honduras from within.

Following multiple early morning sessions, join us in Plaza España as we kick off the second day of CADF 2022.

This session will be livestreamed on Seattle International Foundation’s social media pages.

U.S. Congresswoman Norma Torres will open the second day of the CADF 2022 virtually with a keynote address. The California Congresswoman of Guatemalan origin and longstanding member of the CADF Honorary Host Committee remains an outspoken ally in the fight against corruption in Central America. A consistent voice for and supporter of marginalized groups in Central America and the United States, Congresswoman Torres is an important defender of justice, equity, and economic opportunity and encourages the empowerment of citizens and local institutions.

This session will be livestreamed on Seattle International Foundation’s social media pages.

Alice Shackelford, the United Nations Resident Coordinator for Honduras and member of the CADF Honorary Host Committee, will discuss the opportunities and challenges Honduras faces at present and how the United Nations is committed to partnering with the government of Honduras to advance the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. Ms. Shackelford has served in various United Nations positions since 2003 and has coordinated UN efforts in Honduras since 2020.

This session will be livestreamed on Seattle International Foundation’s social media pages.

During this fireside chat, Honduran Secretary of the Presidency, Rodolfo Pastor de María y Campos, will discuss a number of critical challenges and opportunities faced by the Honduran government. This discussion will be conducted by Arturo Aguilar, Director for Central America at the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Together, they will discuss timely issues such as efforts to combat corruption and impunity in Honduras, strengthen democracy, and initiatives to improve the wellbeing of the Honduran people.

This session will be livestreamed on Seattle International Foundation’s social media pages.

While the Inter-American Court for Human Rights has issued rulings in favor of the Garifuna community in Honduras, the State of Honduras has not complied. This failure has led to the forced displacement of the Garifuna people, a catastrophic experience for a community where life is intrinsically linked to land, and further causes the total collapse of cultural and ancestral wealth. Garifuna speakers in this session will discuss the daily struggles of their communities and analyze how the impunity created by the non-compliance with the judgments of the Inter-American Court has increased the presence of third parties in their territories, thereby causing a wave of violence and a massive departure of the population to the north.

This session will be livestreamed on Seattle International Foundation’s social media pages.

Network and exchange session takeaways with fellow CADF attendees while enjoying refreshments and light pastries.

Youth unemployment rates soared during the pandemic, exacerbating wealth gaps and gender inequities. A collective multi-sector approach, bringing together expertise and resources of the nonprofit industry with the private sector, government and philanthropy, is essential in addressing rising unemployment in Central America. Through such initiatives, partnerships across all sectors help youth obtain quality and sustainable employment. As such, youth graduates are securing first-generation job placements in the formal sector, often tripling the earnings of their parents and breaking the chain of generational poverty.

This session will be livestreamed on Seattle International Foundation’s social media pages.

Chronic violence is one of the most challenging issues affecting social cohesion and community development. How might the donor community engage collaboratively with organizations already implementing multifaceted approaches? Join the Inter-American Foundation for an engaging discussion on how we approach the issue of chronic violence and how we develop solutions in collaboration with community organizations across Latin America & the Caribbean. We want to hear from other grant makers about the usefulness of the Chronic Violence framework; how to move beyond pilot phase, the risks and opportunities for evidence based approaches, and replicable models for addressing chronic violence.

This session is by invitation-only. Donors interested in participating should contact Juanita Roca at [email protected].

Through a combination of intersectionality and resilience, indigenous Lenca women are confronting multiple crises. Using their own voices, the testimonies in this panel will demonstrate how Lenca women challenge power imbalances in inequitable relationships while seeking transformative change in themselves, their leadership and their communities. Speakers in this session will give examples of multidimensional approaches to development which place the agency and rights of women at the center of their strategies.

Grab a seat indoors or outside by the pool and network with new connections. Find a table card featuring a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) that interests you and meet potential allies for your work.

Central American countries have experienced various forms of restrictions on civic space in recent years. Considering these limitations, civil society has faced disproportionate administrative controls on its actions and financing, the suspension of rights, and restrictions to access of public information. These measures add to the constant attacks against human rights defenders and seekers of justice who fight against corruption while receiving threats that interfere with their work. What are the main elements of these trending restrictions within the public space? How can international cooperatives support local actors in their respective contexts?

This lunch strategic roundtable conversation is open to all attendees. Participation is on a first-come-first-serve basis.

The World Health Organization states every human being has the fundamental right to “the highest attainable standard of health” and UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 aims to ensure universal healthcare for all by 2030, yet half of the world’s population still lack access to essential health services. In Central America, governments have made significant progress over the last few decades to increase access to public health services. Despite these commitments, it remains challenging to ensure these services are responsive, inclusive and accessible to all, especially the most vulnerable. These challenges were only exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

This lunch strategic roundtable conversation is open to all attendees. Participation is on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Although remittances are a financial pillar of the region, the uprooting and exclusion from public debate of millions of emigrants have limited their political impact. This situation may be changing. The technological revolution of voting abroad, the creation of diaspora parties in El Salvador, and the new Nicaraguan political exodus have opened new possibilities for the migrant population to play a leading role in national processes. What would a Central America that includes its diaspora look like? Can those who left help save our democracies?

Network and exchange session takeaways with fellow CADF attendees while enjoying refreshments and light pastries.

Journalists throughout the region find themselves in a position where they are forced to flee their home countries out of fear for their safety. Authoritarianism, organized crime and violence have intensified in recent years, making the work of journalists and independent media even more difficult. Examining the situation of Nicaraguan media in exile, this session will explore the challenges that journalists face and the ways in which they have been forced to adapt their work in order to continue providing information to the public. Despite the difficulties of working from exile, these journalists will highlight the opportunities and tools they have utilized to help them continue producing high-impact investigative journalism.

This session will be livestreamed on Seattle International Foundation’s social media pages.

This session will feature two approaches to supporting youth-led organizations. First, a research project entitled, “Disruptive Youth Movements”, which will highlight the challenges youth face in Central America, as well as the diverse and innovative forms in which they promote civic participation. Second, speakers will discuss effective strategies to strengthen youth groups capable of defending their rights. In short, this dialogue will emphasize learning opportunities within philanthropy, a need to develop strategies that strengthen youth in civil society, and the obligation to provide ongoing financial and other types of support that mitigate risks and facilitate the development of youth-led agendas.

This breakfast gathering of education grantmakers is by invitation only and will explore how we are responding and might better respond to educational inequities in the region, exacerbated since 2020 by some of the world’s longest pandemic school closures and continued learning disruptions. This generational crisis has fallen hardest on girls, indigenous, Afro-descendant, rural and peri-urban students, and links to other funder priorities like migration, health, gender equality and economic growth. Philanthropy cannot solve this, but through improved collaboration we can better support those working to address the region’s daunting education challenges.

Donors interested in participating should contact Kathy Hall at [email protected].

This breakfast gathering of education grantmakers is by invitation only and will explore how we are responding and might better respond to educational inequities in the region, exacerbated since 2020 by some of the world’s longest pandemic school closures and continued learning disruptions. This generational crisis has fallen hardest on girls, indigenous, Afro-descendant, rural and peri-urban students, and links to other funder priorities like migration, health, gender equality and economic growth. Philanthropy cannot solve this, but through improved collaboration we can better support those working to address the region’s daunting education challenges.

Donors interested in participating should contact Kathy Hall at [email protected].

This panel aims to explain and delve into the illegal bodies and clandestine security apparatuses in Guatemala (CIACS). This discussion will highlight CIACS’ level of sophistication, which puts into perspective the level of corruption and complicity of the State, ranging from the local to the national, in organized criminal and impunity schemes. The investigation of the Swiss-Russian mine in El Estor, Izabal, Guatemala called Mining Secrets started from the leak of over 8 million documents and emails that have become a window into understanding how the Fénix mining project has operated outside the legal limits, despite community opposition. In total, 20 media outlets from 15 countries participated in this investigation, the results of which have been shared on international stages.

This breakfast panel is open to all attendees on a first-come-first-served basis and includes a complimentary breakfast. Space may be limited, so attendees are encouraged to arrive early to ensure their participation.

Following multiple early morning sessions, join us in Plaza España as we begin the third and final day of CADF 2022.

This session will be livestreamed on Seattle International Foundation’s social media pages.

In this recorded fireside chat, the renowned Guatemalan entrepreneur and creator of Duolingo, Luis von Ahn, will share with the Executive Director of Seattle International Foundation (SIF) his vision for the sociopolitical and economic situation in Guatemala and the main challenges facing the Central American region. In short, this discussion will highlight the role that the private sector can play in protecting the rule of law and democracy. Furthermore, in this dialogue, von Ahn will share what motivated him to become an influential political actor, as well as his expectations for his recently established foundation, the Luis von Ahn Foundation.

This session will be livestreamed on Seattle International Foundation’s social media pages.

The Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Sweden to Guatemala, Hans Magnusson, will speak with the renowned journalist and founder of Prensa Comunitaria and Ruda, Quimy de León, about the scope, main advances and challenges of his feminist foreign policy in Central America. In 2014, the Swedish government launched the first feminist-centric foreign policy agenda within an approach meant to alter gender dynamics and elevate the roles of women and girls, as well as end discrimination and gender inequality in all of its forms. This unmissable discussion will delve into how this policy has impacted the way Sweden both conducts international relations and manages its resources, and will demonstrate how other European governments have joined in enacting policy changes which support gender equality.

This session will be livestreamed on Seattle International Foundation’s social media pages.

Corruption in Central America affects all aspects of society because it is systemic. It weakens institutions and democracy, and further results in multimillion dollar losses to healthcare, education, and other sectors. How can the State, civil society and the international community confront and address the issue of corruption?

This session will be livestreamed on Seattle International Foundation’s social media pages.

Network and exchange session takeaways with fellow CADF attendees while enjoying refreshments and light pastries.

Based on the presentation of the findings of a recent study by former Salvadoran Foreign Minister, Hugo Martínez, on the challenges and opportunities of the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI), this panel will conduct an informed debate on the measures and reforms necessary to achieve a more transparent administration, improve decision-making within the bank, and advance with a more efficient and effective use of its resources. Likewise, speakers will raise awareness of the serious implications of CABEI’s financing of authoritarian governments in Central America, which weakens their institutional credibility and undermines democracy and human rights in the region.

Across the globe, the growing impacts of climate change have come to the forefront as a devastating but poorly understood root cause of migration and forced displacement. According to the World Bank, climate change is an increasingly “potent driver of migration” that could potentially force over 200 million people to migrate from their homes by 2050. In this session, speakers will explore strategies, findings and common ground to move forward with intergenerational dialogues of climate justice and advocacy movements for people on the move.

Anti-Black racism, oppression, sexism, transphobia, etc., whether explicit or implicit, from personal to structural on all levels, continues due to the historical roots and foundation on which our current society has been built. Philanthropy has a responsibility to be in solidarity with Black-led movements. Resourcing justice is not a single act, but a long-term commitment where Black Women and Girls are at the center of resource distribution. It’s important to reflect on how we engage in the community, and to address root causes by mobilizing and organizing resources for locally-led change that nurture ecosystems of unwavering support for Black leaders, where consistent and long-term recognition, trust and commitment are the expectation, not the exception.

Grab a seat indoors or outside by the pool and network with new connections. Find a table card featuring a Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) that interests you and meet potential allies for your work.

This exhibition presents an innovative way to inform the public about a human rights issue: the creation of an animated comic that will be both printed and distributed through social media. The Honduran medium Criterio has prepared a comic about eight environmental defenders who opposed the ASP and ASP1 mining project of the Los Pinares company in the community of Guapinol, Tocoa, in the Colón Department of Honduras.The defenders were unjustly imprisoned in a process that violated their due process rights. In addition to showing the comic and parts of the digital campaign that will accompany the publication, members of the Criterio team will be present to conduct short presentations and answer questions.

This lunch strategic roundtable conversation is open to all attendees. Participation is on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Lack of opportunity has displaced crime and violence as the main reason for migration. The region constantly struggles to create enough sources of decent employment to motivate people to stay in their countries. However, domestic and foreign investors face a persistent and difficult barrier to overcome. Legal uncertainty and weak rule of law do not provide the necessary certainty for investors to look to the region as an attractive destination. This panel will bring together regional and foreign private sector perspectives, as well as the perspective of the Alliance for Central America, which is focused on achieving investment commitments as part of Kamala Harris’ Call to Action.

This session will be livestreamed on Seattle International Foundation’s social media pages.

Network and exchange session takeaways with fellow CADF attendees while enjoying refreshments and light pastries.

The excessive use of water recharge sources jeopardizes the quality of life and health, as well as increases the vulnerability of the most disadvantaged people. In Central America, there are different mechanisms to prevent populations from suffering water shortages, which signifies that certain challenges need to be addressed by public, private and civil society actors. The lack of sustainable management of natural assets and the defense of territory, together with conflicts related to the availability and quality of water, are among the main challenges facing the governance of territories for good integrated management of water resources, in addition to the participation of women and indigenous peoples.

This session will be livestreamed on Seattle International Foundation’s social media pages.

Central America is a deeply violent place for women, where those who organize to defend their rights are stigmatized and targeted. In this region, marked by old and new oppressions, feminism is growing and constantly transforming. The CAMY Fund, an initiative of Seattle International Foundation (SIF), with support from the Ford Foundation, managed a research project on young feminists in which Central American researchers spoke with various collectives to draw attention to these young and diverse feminists, the makers of the movement. The feminists leading this cause are both the successors of historical resistances and creators of brand new narratives. As speakers in this session, they will analyze the results of this research project.

This session will develop, from a critical perspective, an intersectional approach to understanding the experiences of migrant women. The feminized, rural and cross-border bodies of women are an initial point to begin healing as part of a broader political commitment, leading to a collective construction of alternative approaches that respect human rights and bring about equitable societies. Join four co-founding members of Volcánicas, each possessing extensive feminist and migratory political experience, including methodological and analytical tools, as they address issues within the intersection of women and migration.

In celebration of new alliances made over the course of a successful CADF, join us for the closing reception, featuring local Honduran musical guests. Drinks and hors d’oeuvres will be served.

Meet in the hotel lobby at 5:30pm for group departure. Buses will return to the hotel on a rolling basis starting at 7:00pm.

Address: Hacienda El Trapiche, located in front of UNAH, Boulevard Suyapa, to the right side of Banco de Occidente, Tegucigalpa 11101

Through the use of technology, the National Anti-Corruption Council (CNA) of Honduras seeks to reach representatives of the Honduran National Congress, the political class, opinion leaders, the media, organized sectors and citizens to influence the decisions made by the National Congress regarding the application and evaluation of candidates, as well as defining the selection process, for aspiring public servants who will assume positions in the judiciary, the Attorney General’s Office and other high-level offices within the Honduran government.