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November 26, 2021
“She’s the only option": Hondurans hope Xiomara Castro can lead the nation in a new direction

A week ahead of what may be Honduras’s most consequential election since the country’s return to democracy in 1982, the leading opposition candidate for president delivered her final address to an audience of fervent supporters.

Honduras NDI
December 1, 2016
Honduran Political Party Leaders Send Unified Message For Women’s Political Participation

“This battle will liberate us; we w

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4623: Honduras, 09/03/2025, Election for Honduran Presidency

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Quota Information Parliament Information
Are there legislated quotas? Yes Structure of parliament Bicameral
For the Single/Lower House? YesCurrent members 128
  Percentage of women 27.34%
Source: Gender Quotas Database Source: New Parline
Note: this page was last updated on October 3, 2022.
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Xiomara Castro - Getty Images/BBC
December 1, 2021
Xiomara Castro Edges Closer to Honduran Presidency as Opponent Concedes
February 18, 2014
Women of Latin America build bridges, changing status quo in politics

In Honduras and El Salvador, a spotlight on efforts towards addressing electoral challenges through trainings for candidates. 

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May 30, 2012
Honduras: Latin American Women Leaders Prepare to Discuss Feminisation of HIV

More than a hundred women leaders from across Latin America are preparing to advocate for greater political will and more resources to secure the development of a cohesive HIV and Aids strategy for the region at a conference in San Pedro Sula in Honduras this week.

May 30, 2012
New International IDEA Resource

30 Years of Democracy: Riding the Wave? Women’s Political Participation in Latin America. “Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in high heels.”