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CA-3-D003774001 2026-05-15T06:32:54 This project aims to improve the respect of human rights of women and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons in Honduras. The project focuses on building a better human rights culture by raising awareness about human rights, advocating for respect of human rights and raising the capacity to claim these rights at national, regional and international levels. Project activities include: (1) organizing awareness campaigns for the public on basic concepts of human rights; (2) leading education activities targeted especially to women and the LGBT community; (3) conducting training sessions on human rights for journalists including through debates on key human rights issues; and (4) working with women’s rights and LGBT civil society organizations to raise their capacity to engage with regional and international human rights mechanisms. These activities are conducted with LGBT and women’s rights organizations as critical partners to ensure that community mobilization efforts achieve transformative change for women and LGBT persons. The project also aims to support the Honduran government in its efforts towards enhancing the effectiveness of the newly established national human rights protection mechanism, especially regarding the protection of women and LGBT human rights defenders. Closed 2018-02-20T00:00:00 2023-03-31T00:00:00 Honduras 100.00% OHCHR - United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Democratic participation and civil society 10.00% Human rights 30.00% Ending violence against women and girls 60.00% 3000000.00 The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased awareness of human rights and how to exercise and claim these rights, especially for women, girls and members of the LGBT community; (2) increased capacity of civil society to advance and respond to the rights and needs of women, girls and members of the LGBT community; and (3) increased capacity of Honduran institutions to strengthen the human rights infrastructure in favour of the protection of the rights of women, girls and LGBT persons. Results achieved at the end of the project (March 2023) include: (1) successfully drafted 6 legislation proposals put forward by civil society organizations with the technical assistance of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). These laws are aimed to improve the lives of LGBTIQ+ people, women and girls, and included a law for shelters to protect women against sexual and gender-based violence, and a law to approve the emergency contraceptive pill, which were later approved; (2) supported civil society organizations to advocate for the human rights of women, girls and LGBTIQ+ persons by facilitating 105 interactions by individuals and non-state actors with regional and international human rights mechanisms. This comprised guidance, trainings to speak for their rights, use of international human rights processes, and to meet and communicate with government officials; (3) strengthened technical capacities of 68 officials (43 female and 25 male) of the National Institution for Human Rights in Honduras (CONADEH) on the functioning of human rights mechanisms, especially those related to the rights of LGBTIQ+ persons, so they could better follow these processes and take part in them; (4) enhanced the criminal investigation capacities of Honduras by providing technical assistance to apply the Latin-American Model Protocol for the Investigation of Gender-Related Killings of Women, used for the first time in Honduras in an emblematic case and; (5) supported bringing to justice 55 charges of femicide. Project-type interventions Bilateral Aid grant excluding debt reorganisation Global Affairs Canada NGM Americas Department-Initiated Participatory development and good governance Gender equality 475000.00 610000.00 695000.00 655000.00 565000.00 2017201977 OHCHR - United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights 3000000.00 475000.00 600000.00 650000.00 650000.00 625000.00