Optio’s Legal Team Works with Central American Partners to Create Regional Policy Lab
This year, Optio has been working closely with our local partners in Guatemala and El Salvador to create a specialized policy lab, which will develop new approaches to liberalize restrictive reproductive health policies in Central America. Within the lab, we do research on i) key actors that criminalize women (i.e. medical personnel), ii) common types of evidence used against women, and iii) cases that highlight the advances and/or setbacks of national jurisprudence around the right to health and reproductive rights. We are also working with our local partners to develop decriminalization strategies, tools for monitoring the reproductive rights policy context in each country, and legal assistance for those who have been criminalized.
Honduran Judges Strengthen Human Rights and Gender Expertise at American University
Three Honduran judges are participating in the Summer Program on Human Rights and Gender at American University Washington College of Law, an advanced academic initiative designed to strengthen judicial capacity in the application of international human rights...
Optio Trains 80 Public Defenders to Strengthen Justice for Women Facing Criminalization After Obstetric Emergencies
This week, Optio, in partnership with the National Public Defense Office of Honduras, launched a national training workshop on effective criminal defense in cases involving obstetric emergencies. The training brought together 80 public defenders from nearly every...
Promoting Confidentiality and Respectful Care at Honduras’ National Congress of Gynecology
Optio participated in Honduras’ National Congress of Gynecology, one of the country’s most important academic and professional forums focused on women’s health. The event provided an opportunity to engage with healthcare professionals from across the country and...