Xiomara Castro de Xelaya, First Lady of Honduras and President of the Latin America and Caribbean Coalition of First Ladies and Women Leaders recalled a number of challenges facing women and girls in Honduras and in the region. She reminded as that ‘In
Latin America,
as in Africa, the HIV epidemic has the face of a women.
A young woman, and many times the face of an adolescent girl’. The issue of sexual violence against girls and women is an ongoing challenge and there is a need to work in partnership to overcome these challenges for a better present and future for the children.
