The OSCA youth group organized a forum in which the 2 Jocoaitique municipal candidates running for the mayor’s office were to present their platforms for the 2012-2015 period. Of the 2 candidates, only the FMLN candidate, Walter Claros (who is currently the Jocoaitique mayor), appeared. The ARENA candidate, Juan Sanchez, never showed up. Despite the [...]

This past week, seven youth participants from the two departments of Usulután and Morazán participated in a week long seminar on ‘Democracy and Youth.’ The seminar was organized by Voices on the Border and included dialoguing with: -a representative from the online newspaper, El Faro -the Magistrate Florentine Melendez -a representative from the Social Initiative [...]

Within the Project ‘Familial Productive Units’ that works to secure food sovereignty, gender and sexual health rights, and environmental conservation, FSM has imparted three forums that provide theoretical as well as practical knowledge to improve women’s living situations. The First Forum: ‘Strengthening Knowledge of our Rights and Duties’ Focusing on women’s rights and guarantees of [...]

Across the country municipal elections are knocking on the doors of Salvadorans. The elections will take place in March of 2012. Political parties have already begun their campaigning. In the municipality of Meanguera, in the north of Morazán, for example, the FMLN party launched their campaign some three weeks ago when they presented their new [...]

An effort similar to the ‘Board of Women Consulters’ is the creation of the ‘Women’s Citizens Network of Morazán,’ which is a national effort to establish a women’s board in every department in El Salvador. The effort in Morazán was initiated by Evelyn Romero, wife of Morazán governor Miguel Ventura, and is now facilitated by [...]

This September 3rd, the Fundación Segundo Montes (FSM) held their first forum of a series entitled, ‘Strengthening Knowledge of our Rights and Duties,’ with a special focus on women’s rights and guarantees of the Salvadoran Constitution. According to FSM, the forum was to increase consciousness among community members that are beneficiaries of the Project ‘Familial [...]

This past August 27th, representatives of the Social Initiative for Democracy (known by its Spanish acronyms ‘ISD’) presented the ‘Transparency Report Two Years into the Funes Administration.’ The event was held in Caserío La Planta, Jocoaitique and was an open invitation to all community members. The general objective of the presentation was to strengthen El [...]