HONDURAS
CODEMUH
The Honduran Women’s Collective, CODEMUH, is a feminist, popular, autonomous, grassroots organization. CODEMUH has been promoting a comprehensive, systematic process in the area of gender-based and workplace violence, with emphasis on occupational health with a feminist political perspective. One of the main purposes is unlearning patriarchal practices in order to learn and generate individual and collective autonomy.
Among CODEMUH’S objectives are: to Improve the living conditions and integral health of women, through organizational, training and advocacy processes; contribute to a life without violence by promoting initiatives to respect and expand the rights of women; to achieve processes of coordination and alliances with the organized social movement and with other social networks; and to unite efforts for political advocacy in favor of the rights of women.
CoDev Program Area: Human and Labour Rights
Canadian partners: BCGEU (since 1999), CUPE BC (since 2015), CUPE Global Justice Fund (since 2004), HEU (since 1997), HSA (since 2002).
Honduran Women Teachers’ Collective
The Honduran Women Teachers’ Collective (Colectivo de Mujeres Docentes de Honduras) is a professional institution which brings together middle school teachers and works to protect the teaching profession, participates in the elaboration of study plans and programs for the different education levels, and develops projects for teacher training and promotes close relations with other teachers’ unions in Central America.
A CoDev partner since 2011, Honduran Women Teachers’ Collective and the Women’s Network develop teachers’ skills and facilitators in the Non-Sexist and Inclusive Pedagogy (NSIP) model through national workshops and online training. Honduran Women Teachers’ Collective organizes an interdisciplinary team of science and social studies teachers who apply the NSIP lesson unit “Neither little red riding hoods, nor big bad wolves” and are currently testing others with high school students such as “Time and space, why we migrate?” on forced migration and “Naia and the greenhouse effect” on climate change. Honduran Women Teachers’ Collective supports organizational efforts made by parents and communities in defense of public education, and is part of the national Platform to Defend Healthcare and Public Education.
CoDev Program Area: Education — Emancipatory Pedagogies
First Professional Teachers’ College of Honduras
The First Professional Teachers’ College of Honduras – PRICPHMA is a national and academic institution which promotes pre-school teachers’ labour rights, as well as fosters their professional and academic growth.
A partner since 2015, PRICPHMA provides training in the Non-Sexist and Inclusive Pedagogy (NSIP) teaching model for early educators, deepening knowledge of alternative mediation and the critical use of information and communication technology. Teachers collectively analyze and create inclusive and participatory lesson aids that are applied in the classroom and at home by parents. PRICPHMA also opens opportunities for strengthening women’s political and organizational empowerment within the union from a gender-sensitive perspective.
Currently PRICPHMA is validating a new lesson aid for pre-school students “We learn moving”, lobbying Honduran education authorities for its final official authorization and for the approval of a special accredited diploma program in non-sexist and inclusive education as part of teachers’ training and professional development.
CoDev Program Area: Education — Emancipatory Pedagogies