We honor Berta Cáceres, Honduran Indigenous and environmental organizer who was gunned down in her home on March 2nd. She was a tireless advocate for indigenous rights, particularly to land and natural resources. As co-founder and General Coordinator of the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH), she spent her life standing up for disenfranchised peoples.

International Women’s Day is also a day to take action! Take action by signing letters and petitions below:

Currently existing campaigns/ calls for action:

• Iniciativa Mesoamericana de Defensoras de Derechos Humanos: Justice for the murder of Berta Cáceres, feminist & indigenous woman human rights defender
• M4: Acción Urgente: solicitamos la protección de Gustavo Castro, herido durante el asesinato de Berta Cáceres
• CAN: Climate Action Network Demands Justice for murdered activist
• SUM of Us: Ask the FMO bank to withdraw investment from the Agua Zarca project
• Friends of the Earth-US: Tell Secretary Kerry to end U.S. military aid to Honduras and stop the murder of environmental activists!
• International Rivers: Pull Out of Agua Zarca Dam!
• Amnesty: Honduras: Allow Gustavo Castro Soto to Return to Mexico (UA 50/16)
• Bank Track: Agua Zarca dam
• Numerous: Open letter to Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández
• US Food Sovereignty Alliance: http://usfoodsovereigntyalliance.org/press-statement-on-the-assassination-of-berta-caceres-and-call-to-action/
• http://action.ciel.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=18506