Stories: Honduras
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In Honduras, Battle to Help Sex Assault Victims Spotlights ‘Missing Tool’
Dr. Cinthia Gómez is on a mission to help victims of sexual assault. It's a major undertaking in Honduras, where domestic violence and murders targeting women occur with impunity – and where half of babies born to girls ages 15 to 19 are the result of rape. When victims of sexual assault arrive at Tegucigalpa's largest public...
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Time to Leave Honduras? For Many Youths, the Answer Is Easy
Juan Ángel Pineda was almost 16 years old when his father finally agreed: It was time for him to leave Honduras. “The gangs hadn’t come looking for me. Originally, I went looking for them,” says the now 17-year-old with spiked hair and a small scar between his eyebrows. He dropped out of school after 6th ...;
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WorldBrief: Honduras Tackling ‘Taboo’ Topic of Sex
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin criticizes Netanyahu on Iran deal rhetoric, North Korea switches to a new time zone and Honduras is starting to tackle 'taboo' topic of sex. Whitney Eulich reported from Honduras on a fellowship with the International Reporting Project (IRP).
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Time to Talk About Sex? Why Honduras Is Starting to Tackle ‘Taboo’ Topic
Irene is curled up at the end of a yellow, plastic mattress, tapping her hand lightly on the cooing baby by her side. The 14-year-old new mother is so petite, she barely takes up the top half of the bed. At her feet lies another wrinkly, day-old infant that belongs to her 19-year-old roommate. “I think having her will...
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In Honduras, a Wellspring of New Tools to Tackle Drought
Gumersindo Rodriguez has become accustomed to measuring his family's well-being in inches: of rainfall, of crop growth, and the height of his grandchildren. And by that gauge, the drought that’s afflicted his corner of Central America these past two years is the worst he’s seen. “Barbaric,” he calls it. Walking down the steep,...