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Masons on a Mission
Description of a project by a multinational group of Masons in Guatemala to replace traditional cooking methods with more healthy ones.
http://www.midcoast.com/masonsonamission
Guatemala Genealogy
Guatemala genealogy resources at RootsWeb.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~gtmwgw
From the Household to the Factory
Human Rights Watch charges in this report that women in Guatemala's largest female-dominated labor sectors face persistent sex discrimination and abuse.
http://hrw.org/reports/2002/guat/
Sex Discrimination in Guatemalan Maquilas
Information about U.S. clothing manufacturers (and two food processing companies) contracting with maquilas in Guatemala that discriminate against women on the basis of their reproductive status.
http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/guatemala/
GayGuatemala.com
A gay virtual magazine for Guatemala and the hispanic gay community.
http://www.gayguatemala.com
Peace Brigades International, Guatemala
An international organization offering unarmed protective accompaniment to human rights activists, unions, students, women groups, refugees, and communities threatened with violence in Guatemala.
http://www.peacebrigades.org/guatemala.html
Network in Solidarity with the People of Guatemala
An organization formed to coordinate local activism on Guatemala in the United States.
http://www.nisgua.org
ADECO ( Asociación Amistad de Cristo Obrero )
The mission of this organization is to contribute to the integral development of the disadvantaged people and communities of Central America and the Caribbean.
http://www.e-adeco.org/en/
Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA
a non-profit, humanitarian organization monitoring, documenting and reporting on human rights in Guatemala, also works for political asylum, womens issues, and torture survivors.
http://www.ghrc-usa.org
Guatemala Canada Solidarity Network
Canada-wide organization in support of peace-building initiatives of Guatemalan popular movement. Human rights, tours and campaigns, analysis, newsletter.
http://www.gcsn.org/index.html
Center for Mayan Women Communicators
A non-profit which functions as a center for women to unite and to develop skills in communications technology to enable better representation in the world and in the media. In English and Spanish.
http://www.interconnection.org/cmcm/
The Mayan Connection - Los Cimientos Alliance
Antigua-based international group working with Maya K'iche people to recover their land in Los Cimientos. Gives dispute history, and describes ways to get involved.
http://www.livezone.com/maya/
GeoNative - Guatemalan Indians
Overview of language families, and comparison of Spanish and indigenous place names. [English/Basque]
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/9479/mayagua.html
Club Rotario Guatemala Nordeste
Service group provides information on meeting times, goals, and projects. [English/Spanish]
http://www.rotaryguatemala.org
Ak'Tenamit
A non-profit international development organization working to reduce poverty among Q'eqchi' Maya in Eastern Guatemala. Describes programs, organizational structure, and how to get involved.
http://www.aktenamit.org
MayaWorks
Community development nonprofit which organizes handicraft producers, provides microloans and training, and sponsors tours of participating communities. Describes programs and offers retail and wholesale purchasing online.
http://www.mayaworks.org
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