Honduran Teachers’ Struggle

CoDev invites you to hear from Honduran teachers’ union representatives Dilcia Dias and Carolina Pineda, coordinators of the CoDev supported Non-Sexist Pedagogy program.

Date:  Sunday, 2012 February 5

Where: Rhizome Cafe, 317 E. Broadway

Time:  Doors open at 5:30pm

Cost:  Free

COPEMH, a Honduran teachers’ union, has been at the forefront of the struggle to restore democracy in Honduras. Hear from frontline activists as they address the de facto government’s “shock therapy” tactics to privatize public education, the role of international financial institutions in dismantling Honduran teachers’ organizations and the new teaching practices COPEMH is developing to promote gender equity and democracy in Honduran classrooms.

Posted: January 24th, 2012.