Tag Archives: rural women

CRIPDES celebrates and honors the role of Rural women in the struggle for Social Justice

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   In the spirit of the International Day of Rural Women, with the support and accompaniment of U.S-El Salvador Sister Cities, the SHARE Foundationn among others, the National Women’s Roundtable organized this event on October 15, in which approximately 40 women from rural communities representing the 5 regions of CRIPDES gathered to […]

CRIPDES Sur: 2020 in review / revisando el 2020

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO) These are some of the activities from CRIPDES SUR supported by USESSC throughout the 2020:   Women   Seed Capital to reactivate economic initiatives of Women’s Saving Groups. CRIPDES provided seed capital to saving groups in order to activate their finances after the mandatory lockdown due to covid19. USESSC provided the financial […]

CCR: 2020 in review / revisando el 2020

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   Many of the sister cities from our network are located in the department of Chalatenango (one of the most affected during the civil war). Therefore, they support several aspects of CCR’s work. The team shares the following report to end this year:   ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT IN THE REGION WITH FUNDS […]

San Vicente: Women and water / Mujeres y agua

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   Since the end of this challenging 2020 is approaching, the coordinator of CRIPDES San Vicente, Esmeralda Villalta reflects on the challenges that the regional office has faced to promote the organization of women in the area and keep track of water projects, which It used to be the responsibility of Teresa […]

Third update: Rural Women and COVID in El Salvador

To commemorate the International Day of Rural Women, U.S.- El Salvador Sister Cities (USESSC) in alliance with the women’s roundtable of CRIPDES are organizing a new online event titled:   Rural Women organizing and violations to their Human Rights during the COVID19 Pandemic   During one hour, our speakers will talk about the different challenges […]

Impacts of Covid-19 Pandemic on Salvadoran Organized Women

(EN ESPAÑOL ABAJO)   National members of U.S-El Salvador Sister Cities Network have been part of the Movimientos de Mujeres, which is a movement in solidarity to deal with the struggles of the women’s organizations; these organizations are in the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean countries in effort to resist repression and extractivism […]

Empowerment and Autonomy of Women in Rural Communities of La Libertad

(ABAJO EN ESPAÑOL)   CRIPDES Sur has done great work promoting women empowerment and autonomy through the Savings and Loans groups for women. This project for rural women started back in 2014 with the financial support of OXFAM. In La Libertad, CRIPDES, in coordination with FECORACEN have joined efforts to form a Women´s Network of […]