Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements The ideas and recommendations in this publication were developed as part of a consultative process that included numerous individual conversations as well as a consultation with WHRDs from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East who defend a range of human rights, including women’s human rights. The consultation, held in Mexico City during 26-27 June 2013, provided an important space to share information, deepen the analysis and generate collective proposals. AWID and the author would like to acknowledge the valuable contributions made to this publication by: Alejandra Ancheita (ProDESC) Aura Lolita Chávez Ixcaquic (Consejo de Pueblos Kiches)
Jyotsna Maskay (National Alliance of Women Human Rights Defenders)
Claudia Mejia Duque (Corporación Sisma Mujer)
Kyomya Macklean Mary (Uganda Harm Reduction Network – UHRN)
Cristina Hardaga Fernández (JASS - Just Associates/Asociadas por lo Justo)
Julienne Lusenge (Solidarité Féminine pour la Paix et le Développement Intégral – SOFEPADI)
Cristina Palabay (Tanggol Bayi – Defend Women)
María Martín Quintana (UDEFEGUA)
Eva Schueller (Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights – LICADHO)
Marusia Lopez (JASS - Just Associates/Asociadas por lo Justo)
Gladys Lanza Ochoa (Movimiento de Mujeres por la Paz)
Naly Pilorge (Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights—LICADHO)
Samira Hamidi
Orfe Castillo (JASS - Just Associates/Asociadas por lo Justo)
Inés Fernandez (Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña “Tlachinollan”) Lara Aharonian (Women’s Resource Center) Dr. Leyla Yunus (Institute for Peace and Democracy) Jennifer Williams (Women of Zimbabwe Arise – WOZA) Jomary Ortegon Osorio (Corporacion Colectivo de Abogados Jose Alvear Restrepo – CCAJAR)
Matea Popov (Zagreb Pride)
Renu Rajbhandari (Women’s Rehabilitation Centre – WOREC Nepal) Teruel Fernandez Hogla (Centro de Derechos de Mujeres) Valentina Rosendo Cantu (Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Montaña “Tlachinollan”) Virisila Buadromo (Fiji Women’s Rights Movement)
Juanita Jimènez Martìnez (Movimiento Autònomo de Mujeres- MAM – Nicaragua)
Yanar Mohammed (Organization for Women’s Freedom in Iraq)
Justine Masika Bihamba (Synergie des femmes pour les victimes des violences sexuelles – SFVS)
Yessica Sanchez Maya (Consorcio para el diálogo parlamentario y la Equidad A.C. Oaxaca)
We would like to thank the number of WHRDs who have not been mentioned by name for security reasons but whose contributions to this report and in these consultations were invaluable. We would also like to thank the other organizations that, along with AWID, make up the Mesoamerican Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders (IM-Defensoras), whose reflections and theoretical propositions have influenced the results of this research. Finally, AWID and the author would like to thank all the members of the Women Human Rights Defenders International Coalition who provided valuable input for this publication.
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