Central American women defend their rights with support from FCAM

 The call for proposals to fund new groups of women working to defend their human rights remains open

Through a program of direct grants and technical support for capacity building, FCAM has opened their Ola Joven grantmaking cycle, offering up to five thousand dollars per year to groups interested in promoting and defending human rights through creative and innovative initiatives.

 "The competition is broad and strengthens the leadership and participation of women through various expressions," said Zaira Arceda from the Daughters of the Moon of Nicaragua Theatre Group (Grupo de Teatro Hijas de la Luna de Nicaragua),  located in one of the most violent districts in Nicaragua’s capital, where there is a high rate of teenage pregnancy. "Through our presentations we provide information for women to not only identify the problems of violence experienced, but also recognize possible outcomes, where to find information, and to question a society that often accepts the assaults as normal," said Zaira, 20 years old and a college student.

Virginia Cum Chéven de Guatemala.-

FCAM aims to strengthen the women's movement in Central America, leaders and organizations that appreciate the diversity of cultures, ideologies, sexual orientations, etc. Virginia Cum Chéven of Indigenous Women’s Network Planting a Future in Guatemala (la Red de Mujeres Indígenas Sembrando en Futuro de Guatemala, Redmisef) states  "FCAM’s support has allowed us to grow as a group of organized women, and this is reflected in our communities as well as in our personal lives, because now we receive information about issues that we did not even talk before. "