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.
“Entre mis Cicatrices” Exhibition Highlights Plight of Honduran Women in Restrictive Legal Environment
On February 27, 2025, the Museum for National Identity (MIN) and Optio inaugurated the powerful photography exhibition “Entre mis Cicatrices” , shedding light on the resilience of Honduran women who have faced criminalization following obstetric emergencies. The...
Optio Donates Emergency Contraception to the Honduran Ministry of Health on International Human Rights Day
In commemoration of International Human Rights Day, Optio reaffirmed its commitment to advancing sexual and reproductive rights in Honduras by donating 10,000 tablets of Postpil (emergency contraception) to the Honduran Ministry of Health. The donation will be...
Book Launch: Sexual and Reproductive Rights from a Gender and Human Rights Perspective
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Optio proudly launched its latest book, "Sexual and Reproductive Rights from a Gender and Human Rights Perspective," with the support of the Faculty of Law at the National Autonomous University of...