Highlighted partners (Human rights & democratisation)
For the past ten years COBADES’ civic education programme achieved that a large number of secondary schools pay attention to democracy and human rights. There still remains a lot to be done, as the violence after the elections at the end of December 2007 proved.
Everyone knows them, even if mainly from history books: the Maya. They were once a mighty people who built impressive architectural structures. Less is known about the present-day Mayan people, let alone their struggle against marginalisation, discrimination and loss of cultural identity. The Coordinadora Nacional IndĂgena y Campesina (CONIC) is one of the leaders in this struggle.
The Center for the Promotion and Defense of the Sexual and Reproductive Rights (PromSex) is a feminist non-governmental organization that aims to contribute in the access to sexual and reproductive health, justice and human security.