NGOs In Nicaragua

Here’s a short list of various NGOs working across Nicaragua in all kinds of topics related to human rights, gender equality, and living a life of quality sin violencia.

Check it out—there may be some near you that you didn’t know about!

PLAN Nicaragua: https://plannicaragua.wordpress.com/
à salud sexual y reproductiva, educación inclusiva, salud materna, VIH/SIDA
à Somoto, Chinandega, Juigalpa, Puerto Cabezas

Pro-familia: http://www.profamilia.org.ni/
à planificación familiar, servicios médicos, consejería, salud sexual
à Managua, Masaya, Rivas, Chinandega, San Pedro del Norte, Boaco,
    Juigalpa, Matagalpa, Jinotega, Estelí, Somoto, Ocotál, Jalapa

Nicaragua wins award for Fatherhood Campaign

La Red de Masculinidad por la Igualdad de Género (REDMAS), a coalition of over 20 organizations in Nicaragua working on masculinity and gender issues with boys and men, is reponsible for the popular “Que tuani no ser machista” and “Ganale a las ganas” campaigns. REDMAS also coordinates MenCare Nicaragua, which launched a “Vos sos mi papa” campaign that recently placed as a finalist in the 2014 Avon Communications Awards.

The Campaña de Paternidad, or Fatherhood Campaign, included posters, handouts, t-shirts and even baseball caps with messages encouraging men to be involved in parenting their children in a way that shows respectful and non-violent relationships between men and women.

Here’s one of the posters from the campaign:

Check out Men-Care.org for more information about the campaign, including 2 short videos about being male in Nicaragua. 

Also check out the REDMAS website for other campaigns and information about who they work with. 

NGO Highlight: Pro-Mujer

According to their website Pro-Mujer is “una organización de desarrollo de la mujer que proporciona a las mujeres de bajos recursos de América Latina los medios para generarse el sustento y labrar de un futuro para sus familias a través de las microfinanzas, la capacitación en negocios y el apoyo en salud.”