Neesa Aracely Medina
Expertise
Human RightsRefugees, Migration, IDPs
State Violence
Women Human Rights Defenders
Women's Rights
Details
Media
How US abortion organisers are learning from Honduran activists Al Jazeera Feb 19, 2023
La criminalización de mujeres por abortos sigue sin freno en América Central IPS Oct 13, 2022
La violencia tiene en alerta a las organizaciones feministas en Honduras efeminista Sept 7, 2022
Latin American activists undeterred despite US abortion rollback Al Jazeera Jun 28, 2022
Latin American feminists vow to protect abortion rights at home after shock US ruling Guardian May 5, 2022
Analysis: In Honduras, first woman president faces tough fight on abortion Reuters Dec 8, 2021
How citizen observers saved Honduran democracy from violence Christian Science Monitor Dec 3, 2021
Honduras hardened its abortion ban. These women remain undeterred Al Jazeera Feb 7, 2021
How lawmakers made it nearly impossible to legalize abortion in Honduras CNN Jan 31, 2021
Honduran abortion rights activists vow to fight on after setback Reuters Jan 22, 2021
Des militantes pro-choix regardent l’Argentine avec espoir La Presse Dec 20, 2020
How Trump Revoking Temporary Protected Status Could Harm Women In Latin America Interview audio excerpt WBEZ Chicago Nov 2, 2017
Sociologist shines spotlight on the forced migration of Honduran women Technician Oct 26, 2017
Neesa Medina (@NeesaMedina) is a Honduran feminist sociologist and communications director of the Honduran National Alliance for Safe Abortion, Somos Muchas. She worked for more than eight years as a women’s rights analyst in Honduras at Centro de Derechos de Mujeres (CDM – Center for Women’s Rights), and for three years as the Access Program Director in Optio.
She has participated in forums on violence against women, migration, and sexual and reproductive rights, including abortion. She also developed mobilization and communication campaigns around those themes.
She has provided her expertise in several conferences, exposing structural violence against women in Honduras, forced migration and current security policies in Honduras. Neesa participated in the civil society delegation that drafted and presented the Alternative Report to the United Nations Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 2016. In recent years, she has testified as an expert on more than a dozen cases of Honduran women seeking asylum in the United States.
Neesa is also the representative for the Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean for the Defense of Women’s Rights (CLADEM) in the Equal Measures 2030 Partnership Council.