Lepaterique, Honduras, October 2010.
Patricia Amador sells roasted meat, corn tortillas and soft drinks to make a living.
Patricia has access to a microcredit.
Jinotega, Nicaragua. Comunidad el Mojon. October 2010.
Maria Graciela Diaz (left) with her family and Petronila Perez (center).
They are engaged in agricultural work and agroforestry practices thanks to a small microcredit program for the development of small rural producers.
San Jose Cortes, San Salvador, El Salvador. October 2010.
Aida Rosales (39 years old) is the coordinator of the bakery. Aida was a maquiladora for 10 years, she was exploited untill she decided to start her own bakery thanks to the info and help that Las melidas provided her.
Las Melidas is a feminist women's organisation in El Salvador that campaigns for women's rights and aims to empower women through greater political participation. They also provide support services for women who are victims of violence or abuse.
La Ceiba, Honduras. October 2010.
Portrait of Leida Marixa Puerto, 43 years old with her son.
Leida has a pulperia (small shop) and has access to a microcredit since four years ago.
Tegucigalpa, Honduras. October 2010.
Irene Quevedo, 46 years old, she makes corn tortillas to make a living.
Irene has access to a microcredit.
San Salvador, El Salvador. October 2010.
Virginia hernandez de Diez, 53 years old. She was a maquiladora for 17 years, untill she decided to start her own sewing business, thanks to the info and help that Las melidas provided her.
Las Melidas is a feminist women's organisation in El Salvador that campaigns for women's rights and aims to empower women through greater political participation. They also provide support services for women who are victims of violence or abuse.
Somoto, Nicaragua. October 2010.
Joaquina makes traditional rugs to make a living, seeking to preserve and rescue the indigenous traditions.
San Salvador, El Salvador. October 2010.
Maquiladoras Blanca Estela Torres (left) and Maria Santos Lucero during their lunch break. Many of the Maquila workers are exploited and sometimes sexually abused.
Las Melidas is a feminist women's organisation in El Salvador that campaigns for women's rights and aims to empower women through greater political participation. They also provide support services for women who are victims of violence or abuse.
Somoto, Nicaragua. October 2010.
Sebastiana Lopez, 45 years old and Bioney Lopez, 28 years old, they are from a group of women artisans, they are making a traditional rug, seeking to preserve and rescue the indigenous traditions.
They are in the youth training project to continue the tradition and Indian culture.
Jinotega, Nicaragua. Comunidad el Mojon. October 2010.
Filomena Cruz with her son and her niece.
Filomena survives thanks to a small microcredit program for the development of small rural producers.
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. October 2010.
Lesbia Delgado Romero, 23 years old, she is a weaver and lives with her family.
Lesbia got training from CEDEPEM (El Centro Experimental para el Desarrollo de la Peque–a y Mediana Empresa Rural) and got a new knitting machine, she belongs to a women«s group called "flor las margaritas".
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. October 2010.
Lesdy Elias Vazquez carrying wood with her family, she is 23 years old and a single mother, she works in agriculture and lives with her sister, her mother and her father.
Lesdy is a beneficiary of the social and economic development program of indigenous women.
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. October 2010.
Lesdy Elias Vazquez home, 23 years old is cutting corn.
Lesdy is a single mother, she works in agriculture and lives with her sister, her mother and her father.
Lesdy is a beneficiary of the social and economic development program of indigenous women.
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. October 2010.
Lesdy Elias Vazquez home, she is 23 years old. Her children are hellping her to carry wood early in the morning. Lesdy is a single mother, she works in agriculture and lives with her sister, her mother and her father. Lesdy is a beneficiary of the social and economic development program of indigenous women.
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. October 2010.
Lesdy Elias Vazquez carrying wood, she is 23 years old and a single mother, she works in agriculture and lives with her sister, her mother and her father.
Lesdy is a beneficiary of the social and economic development program of indigenous women.
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. October 2010.
Lesdy Elias Vazquez home, 23 years old with her daughter and her niece.
Lesdy is a single mother, she works in agriculture and lives with her sister, her mother and her father. Lesdy is a beneficiary of the social and economic development program of indigenous women.
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. October 2010.
Lesdy Elias Vazquez home, 23 years old preparing the fire to cook.
Lesdy is a single mother, she works in agriculture and lives with her sister, her mother and her father.
Lesdy is a beneficiary of the social and economic development program of indigenous women.
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. October 2010.
Alicia Diaz Mesa, 47 years old, she is breaking corn to make tortillas. She makes a living out of growing corn and vegetables. Alicia got training from CEDEPEM (El Centro Experimental para el Desarrollo de la Peque–a y Mediana Empresa Rural) an organization that supports social and economic empowerment of indigenous women.
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. October 2010.
Corn.
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. October 2010.
Alicia Diaz Mesa, 47 years old, is cooking corn.
Alicia makes a living out of growing corn and vegetables, she got training from CEDEPEM (El Centro Experimental para el Desarrollo de la Peque–a y Mediana Empresa Rural) an organization that supports social and economic empowerment of indigenous women.
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. October 2010.
Portrait of a family. This family survives thanks to their chicken and the eggs. They got training from CEDEPEM (El Centro Experimental para el Desarrollo de la Peque–a y Mediana Empresa Rural).
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. October 2010.
Juana Lopez Juarez, 45 years old picking up tomatoes from her greenhouse.
Juana got training from CEDEPEM (El Centro Experimental para el Desarrollo de la Peque–a y Mediana Empresa Rural).
Juana belongs to a group of women called Mujeres de Santa Cruz.
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. October 2010.
A young Mam girl next to a corn grinding center from CEDEPEM (El Centro Experimental para el Desarrollo de la Peque–a y Mediana Empresa Rural) an organization that supports social and economic empowerment of indigenous women.
Aldea Emboscada, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. October 2010.
Silvia Alonso, 34 years ol has six children. Silvia works in agriculture and takes care of chicken and pigs.Lesdy is a beneficiary of the social and economic development program of indigenous women.
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. October 2010.
A Indigenous Woman of the Mam ethnic group.
