This gender assessment was developed as a part of the process for defining the Honduras Mission's strategy for FY 2004-2010. The assessment provides a baseline overview of key gender issues and resources and initial guidance on gender integration in USAID strategy areas. The gender action plan makes recommendations on how to move forward from this overview to take account of gender differences as a factor in the USAID programming cycle.

This document reports on the outcomes of the "Economic Opportunities and Labor Conditions for Women: Perspectives from Latin America" conference, which took place in September 2002 in Panama City. At the conference, 21 participants representing grantee organizations, local NGOs, and USAID discussed the achievements and obstacles faced by WID office NGO Small Grants Program projects in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, which aim to improve working conditions for women by, for example, raising awareness about local labor laws and promoting national laws to protect workers. The purpose of the conference was to provide a forum to share lessons learned and discuss pressing issues that affect NGOs working in this area.

This Spanish-language document reports on the outcomes of the "Economic Opportunities and Labor Conditions for Women: Perspectives from Latin America" conference, which took place in September 2002 in Panama City. At the conference, 21 participants representing grantee organizations, local NGOs, and USAID discussed the achievements and obstacles faced by WID office NGO Small Grants Program projects in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, which aim to improve working conditions for women by, for example, raising awareness about local labor laws and promoting national laws to protect workers. The purpose of the conference was to provide a forum to share lessons learned and discuss pressing issues that affect NGOs working in this area.