Nicaragua
Projects in Nicaragua
Asociacion de Mujeres Emprendedoras de Waslala (AMEWAS)
Violence Prevention and Psychosocial Support
To respond to widespread violence against women and girls by providing psychosocial support and shelter for victims; strengthening youth leadership to raise local awareness of sexual and gender-based violence and gender equity; conducting human rights advocacy with local institutions; and facilitating access to the judicial system.
Centro Para la Educacion y Prevencion del SIDA
Promoting Healthy Lifestyles Among Men Who Have Sex with Men
To reduce discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity and to promote HIV/AIDS prevention through workshops with LGBT leaders about masculinity and sexuality, building HIV/AIDS regional prevention strategies, and conducting a campaign against homophobia.
Cooperativa de Ahorro y Credito Caja Rural Mano a Mano
Microcredit for Financial Empowerment of Women Small Farmers
To respond to poverty and food insecurity by providing low-interest loans and technical assistance to rural farming families, supporting them to run small businesses and diversify their agricultural production.
Fundacion Red Nicaraguense de Comercio Comunitario (RENICC)
Promoting Economic Alternatives
To strengthen cooperative members' capacity to better commercialize their products, continue building alternative markets and defend their economic rights; to conduct exchanges on economic rights, food security and sovereignty and product improvement; to develop an institutional strategic plan for 2011-2016; and to and strengthen the organizational capacity of RENICC's regional councils.
Grupo de Mujeres Jóvenes Ex-trabajadoras Sexuales 'Las Golondrinas'
Sex Workers' Health and Rights
To promote sex workers' rights through human rights and sexual and reproductive health trainings, defending sex worker rights through advocacy with local authorities, and improving sex workers' livelihoods through income-generation initiatives.
Union de Cooperativas de Produccion Agrícola Las Brumas
Capacity Building Program
To promote and defend rural women's rights to land and financial resources through trainings on civic and political participation, advocacy towards developing municipal policies that address women's socioeconomic rights, and workshops on gender, microfinance management, cooperativism and disaster risk reduction.




