National Human Development Report Honduras 2021

This project seeks to ensure that a gender approach is integrated into the National Human Development Report 2021 for Honduras. By supporting the integration of a gender approach the project aims to contribute to increased equitable access to fair and gender-responsive justice institutions and public services. It also aims to contribute to support for state and non-state actors in Honduras in promoting and protecting human rights particularly the rights of women and girls. This initiative supports the elaboration of the report by ensuring that the gender approach is comprehensively integrated into policy proposals and recommendations during its elaboration. This includes proposals related to fair and accessible gender responses from justice institutions particularly regarding the rights of women and girls. The National Human Development report is intended to raise awareness and to include in the government’s agenda proposals for the actions required to strengthen rights reduce impunity and highlight the rights of vulnerable people especially women. The report is also intended to increase civil society organizations’ capacity to demand public institutions provide justice and social services strengthen the rule of law through gender equality and accomplish human development.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased capacity of justice and human rights institutions to address structural issues strengthen the rule of law reduce impunity and uphold the rights of the most vulnerable particularly women; (2) increased capacity of civil society organizations and the citizenry to demand that public institutions deliver justice and social services and strengthen the rule of law gender equality and human development.