Category Archives: Nicaragua
The #Ometepe2015 Project
July 23, 2015CoDevelopment Canada needs to raise $4000 by November 2015 to support our #Ometepe2015 Project! Many ways to donate: Canada Helps, CHIMP, Go Fund Me, Indie GoGo.
Posted in Education, Gender, Nicaragua | 1 CommentDavid Noble and His Delegation Experience
April 3, 2014Amazing. Life changing. Rewarding. That’s how David Noble, winner of last year’s Membership Draw, describes his experience on a recent delegation to Nicaragua and Honduras to meet with MEC and CODEMUH, two women’s organizations that work with maquila or sweatshop … Continue reading
Posted in Delegations/Solidarity Tours, Donors, Honduras, Maquila, Nicaragua | Comments Off on David Noble and His Delegation ExperienceViva las mujeres centroamericanas! Viva!
March 6, 2014Long live Central American women! CoDev’s Executive Director, Barbara Wood is leading a delegation of Canadian Partners to Nicaragua and Honduras to meet with the women’s organization partners that work in the Maquila or sweatshop sector. She writes from Nicaragua.
Posted in Delegations/Solidarity Tours, Gender, Human Rights, Maquila, Nicaragua, Partnership | Comments Off on Viva las mujeres centroamericanas! Viva!CoDev partner, MEC Recognised for Outstanding Work
December 2, 2013The Nicaraguan women’s movement, MEC was selected by the BC Council for International Cooperation to receive the 2013 International Award of Leadership recognising leadership, collaboration, and innovation in their field.
Posted in Events, Gender, Human Rights, Maquila, Nicaragua, Partnership | Comments Off on CoDev partner, MEC Recognised for Outstanding WorkVictory in Nicaragua! National Assembly passes Violence against Women Law
March 1, 2012CoDev’s Nicaraguan partner, MEC (Maria Elena Cuadra Movement of Employed and Unemployed Women) and the wider women’s movement in Nicaragua achieved a significant victory in January 2012 when the National Assembly voted to bring into legislation a Law Against Violence Against … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Human Rights, Labour Rights, Nicaragua | 1 Comment