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As of 2023, women made 40.1% of the labor force in Honduras. [14] Many women work in low-skilled jobs, often in bad conditions. [15] Honduran women have a much lower participation in the workforce than other Latin American women, due to Honduras being more conservative than other countries in the region. [16]
Although Honduras did not qualify for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, the Catrachas scored 8 goals against Belize in 2014, setting a record for most goals scored by the national women's team in a full international match. [2] The final score was 8–0, with Jenny Alarcón scoring four goals. [3] [2]
The Women's Center for Social Adaptation is a women's prison located in Támara, [2] Francisco Morazán Department. [3] At the time, the prison housed between 800 [2] and 900 [4] inmates, double its rated capacity. [2] The prison has been an ongoing scene of cross-gang conflict, particularly between the 18th Street gang and MS-13, deadly ...
María Martha Díaz Velásquez (born 30 August 1951, in Tegusigalpa) is a Honduran politician.She was twice assigned a Minister of the National Institute of Women of Honduras in 1999 and in 2009.
The murder of Vicky Hernández was a hate crime that took place in Honduras.Hernández was a transgender woman who gained fame domestically as an LGBT activist.. In 2022, Honduran president Xiomara Castro apologized for the act, [1] it being the first time in Honduras' history that the government apologizes for a violent act against a member of the LGBT community.
Sociedad Cultural Femenina (Society of Feminine Culture), was a women's organization in Honduras, founded in 1927. [1]It was the first women's rights organization in Honduras, and played an important role in the campaign for women's suffrage in Honduras.
The Honduras women's national under-17 football team is the national women's u-17 football team of Honduras and is overseen by the National Autonomous Federation of Football of Honduras. The team is allowed to participate at the different UNCAF and CONCACAF women's tournaments; as well to the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup , although they haven't ...
The country's prohibition causes detrimental effects on the human rights of women and girls in Honduras, particularly survivors of rape. Like in its neighbors Nicaragua and El Salvador, abortion is prohibited even in cases of rape, even though United Nations experts have found that denial of abortion can constitute torture in certain cases. [2]