Projects
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...
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...
On November 25th, 2024, 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...
Following the devastation of Hurricane Julia, Optio provided reproductive health kits to women and adolescent girls displaced in La Ceiba, one of the most severely affected regions. Hurricane Julia left a trail of destruction across the Atlántida department,...
For the second consecutive year, Optio participated in the Central America Donors Forum (CADF), an annual event organized by the Seattle International Foundation (SIF) that brings together regional and international stakeholders to promote human rights, democratic...
Optio was invited by Somos Muchas to participate in the seventh National Meeting for the Right to Decide, titled this year as “Honduras in Women's Key,” held on September 28 at the Spanish Cultural Center in Tegucigalpa (CCET). Events were held as part of the Global...
On September 27, Optio participated in the Gathering for the Right to Decide organized by Ecuménicas por el Derecho a Decidir, which brought together members of the national Teachers’ Network. This event was held as part of the September 28 Global Day of Action for...
On September 26, the Ministry of Social Development (SEDESOL) invited various feminist organizations to hold a health fair aimed at combating teenage pregnancy. Although the fair was primarily directed at youth and adolescents, it was open to the general public and...
In a coordinated regional effort, Optio and 17 civil society organizations submitted a formal request for a thematic hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to address the critical state of sexual and reproductive rights for women and...
Optio has worked for a decade to advance the reproductive rights of women and girls in Central America. Never once did we think that we would have to turn our attention to the United States of America, a country thought of by many as a bastion of freedom and personal...
Optio is working closely with Associación PASMO to bring together and strengthen girls’ clubs across Honduras.
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.
Over the past 5 months, Optio has been working with GE-PAE and OASIS to assess the regulatory landscape and document the availability and use of emergency contraception commodities.
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.
Somos Muchas, Optio’s partner and a national platform working to advance reproductive rights in Honduras, has sent out an international alert, asking Human Rights Organizations to speak out against a reproductive rights hate speech campaign that was launched this month by the National Party of Honduras. Optio has signed onto the alert and is doing everything in its power to prevent this campaign from gaining traction.