¡Basta ya! Enough! WomenVoices against violence

Every year thousands of women in Central America die because of male violence. Not only is the number of murdered women rising but violence against women in general is increasing as well.

Reason enough to increase the support for local women’s organizations in their fight against violence. Margot Käßmann, former chairwoman of the council of the protestant church in Germany, is also concerned about the developments in Central America and calls upon everyone to support the campaign “WomenVoices against violence” of the Christian Initiative Romero.

„Every year two million women are murdered globally – because they are women. Central America is one of the regions of extreme violence against women. Crimes are often unpunished and the culprits are at large. We must raise our voices against this injustice! Now!”

With your help we want to give women in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua a voice so that they can end this injustice that they have to suffer. The women are organized in networks to sensitize the people around them to violence, and make radio programmes to denounce the violence. They work tirelessly to raise awareness and make sure that affected women are accompanied and receive counselling. “Thanks to counselling I learned a lot about myself: to respect and to love myself, and to say that I am worth as much as he is”, says Ana Maritza Morales who had been mistreated by her husband and got help from our partner organization Moviemiento de Mujeres ‘María Elena Cuadra’ (MEC). Today she passes on these experiences to young women.

The partner organizations also give legal advice so that mistreated women can charge the culprits. Furthermore they give a voice to women on the political level through lobbying and they formulate legislative initiatives.

Give the women in Central America a voice, together with Margot Käßmann and the Christian Initiative Romero! Support our campaign “WomenVoices against violence”!