Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Organization of American States | November 2, 2009
Translated from: Audiencia sobre la situación de los derechos de las mujeres en Honduras en el marco del golpe de estado
Translated by: Esther Buddenhagen and Monica Wooters
Americas Program, Center for International Policy (CIP)
americas.irc-online.org
Feministas en Resistencia was born on the same day as the coup, June 28, when a large number of women gathered at the home of the president to protest the coup. Although they were driven away with bullets and tear gas, they returned to meet again the following day, outraged at what had happened. The various feminist organizations joined together immediately and began to call themselves Feministas en Resistencia. They then joined the National Resistance Front (Frente Nacional de Resistencia) against the coup.