Interview with Marta Velásquez

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Creator

Velásquez, Marta

Contributor

Brandvold, Neil

Description

Virginia Martes Velásquez is human rights defender in Choloma, Honduras. She founded Movimiento de Mujeres de la Colonia López Arellano (MOMUCLAA), which provides legal and psychological services to women survivors of violence, including filing restraining orders and filling out asylum applications. They also mediate community conflicts, collaborate with health centers, help fund childcare centers and night schools, and find workarounds to government inaction. In this interview she talks about growing into an activist and her experience living with violence. She also talks about MOMUCLAA, helping people heal from trauma, and the effects of gang warfare and politics on Hondurans.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10822/1060607

Date

2020-02-10

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Subject

Human rights advocacy; human rights workers; Community activists; community action; Honduras; Human rights; Women's rights;

Type

Oral History

Publisher

Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security

Extent

01:19:04

Collections

Profiles in Peace Oral History Collection

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