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Although considered a middle-income country, inequality and poverty are major challenges in Honduras. A powerful minority control most of the land and other resources in the country, while the majority live in poverty.
Large business projects have led to environmental destruction and land grabs. Attacks against human rights defenders are common. The treatment of women is a serious problem in Honduras. This includes high levels of violence against women and girls. Honduras is also very vulnerable to climate related disasters such as hurricanes and floods.
Thanks to your support Trócaire is helping communities in Honduras to protect their land in the face of corporate greed. Our work helps women to live in safety and to take on roles as leaders in society. We are also helping communities to prepare for and respond to natural disasters.
HondurasHuman Development Index:
Ranked 132 out of 189 countries
Inequality:
Income of the richest 10% is 21 times that of the poorest 40%
Poverty:
Honduras is the third poorest country in Latin America
Defenders:
Between 2010 and 2017 more than 120 land defenders were murdered
In 2009, Honduras’ democratically elected president was overthrown in a coup d’état. Since then, inequality has worsened. Agribusiness, energy projects and mining are now at the heart of the national economic strategy.
This has put corporate greed above the needs of the country’s poorest people. Those most affected are often Honduras’ indigenous communities.
There are few places more dangerous on earth to defend land and the environment. Since 2009 more than 120 people, many of them indigenous leaders, have been murdered for resisting the actions of corporations.
Discrimination against women is pervasive in Honduras. Women are under-represented in political and economic spheres. Girls face significant barriers to education and there are many obstacles to access health care. Violence against women is also rampant. As corporations steal and destroy land, these problems intensify, especially for indigenous women.
Honduras is extremely vulnerable to climate related disasters. Six of the twelve strongest hurricanes of the 20th Century affected Honduras. In 1998 Hurricane Mitch devastated the country, leaving 10,000 people dead.
Trócaire has been working in Honduras since the early 1970s, and opened a country office in 1994.
Our work in Honduras is focused on human rights and democratic space, resource and land rights, women’s empowerment, humanitarian response and emergency preparedness.
Trócaire works in partnership with local and national organisations in Honduras. Together we work across four programme areas:
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Are poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPs) combating rural poverty in Honduras and Nicaragua? |
Policy and Programmes | 5 Aug 2020 | Download |
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Un Mecanismo Innovador para el Fortalecimiento de la Sociedad Civil Hondureña |
Policy and Programmes | 5 Aug 2020 | Download |
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Economías de Desposesión: Mujeres de Honduras y Guatemala en la Lucha Global por la Tierra |
Policy and Programmes | 5 Aug 2020 | Download |
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Participatory regional poverty review for the reduction of poverty in Honduras |
Policy and Programmes | 5 Aug 2020 | Download |
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The impact of poverty reduction strategies on the rural sector in Honduras and Nicaragua |
Policy and Programmes | 5 Aug 2020 | Download |
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