Women human rights defenders across the world are fighting for positive change in their communities within an increasingly violent global context. They share many challenges experienced by their male counterparts but face additional obstacles because they undermine the status quo twice over: through their work in its own right, and through their implicit challenge to accepted norms about the role of women in society.

Trump’s mass deportation campaign has wreaked havoc and terror on communities across the U.S. since his second term began. According to Just Security’s Litigation Tracker, the Trump administration has faced over 600 challenges to its polices largely adopted by executive order with over 100 of those challenges focused on rights violations committed during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts. 

In a January 27, 2026 post on social media, the Peace Brigades International-Honduras Team shared:

The PBI-Honduras Alert can be read in full here.

PBI-accompanied organizations spoke out quickly and clearly against the military aggression and attack carried out by the United States against Venezuela. Read responses from the region and around the world below.

Honduras

COPINH social media image: “No to war in Venezuela! No to war over the resources of the Venezuelan people!”

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On November 25, 1960, the Mirabal sisters were assassinated for their fight against injustice under Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo. Since 1999, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women has been commemorated on this day.

Photo: The Mirabal Sisters from left, Minerva, Maria Teresa and Patria. Source: Casa Museo Hermanas Mirabal.

The Peace Brigades International-Honduras Team has posted on social media: