On November 28th, the pro-choice candidate Xiomara Castro became the first female president-elect in Honduras. Since the start of her campaign, Castro has been committed to  fervently defending  the rights of women and girls in all fields of society, by lifting them out of poverty, guaranteeing their sexual and reproductive rights, reducing gender based violence, removing the ban on emergency contraception and decriminalizing abortion for three indications: a threat to the life of the mother, sexual assault, or a nonviable fetus (See Xiomara’s Plan de Gobierno Para Refundar Honduras). 

Despite attacks from the opposition, Castro is working across political parties and sectors. She is determined to meet the country’s need for reconciliation after the national coup that took place in 2009, and will do everything in her power to create a “future worthy for all.”  Now that she has been elected, Castro is faced with the enormous challenge of carrying out these promises and creating what she calls a “Solidarity Government.”  For a country that historically has been one of the most oppressive toward women and girls, the election of Xiomara Castro is a huge victory for women’s rights.