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| Tegucigalpa, January 6 (RHC) .- A household survey conducted by the National Statistics Institute reveals that unemployment and low salaries are among the problems most affect the Honduran women. Institute says that while in 2008 almost 33 200 Honduran looking for work, in 2009 the figure was 47,500. Luca Renda, deputy representative of the UN Program for Development said that although the level of education of women is higher than men, factors limiting their job opportunities exist. Among the causes of this problem, Luca Renda noted limitations in the senior and policy-making, early pregnancy and that they must deal with a macho society. other hand, teachers and students in journalism from the National Autonomous University of Honduras have denounced the high risk to the practice in the country, where last year, 11 media professionals have been murdered. Teachers and students in this study center have condemned the recent death threats made by the vice manager of the National Port Company, Mario Coto, against a group of journalists in the city of Puerto Cortes. National Autonomous University of Honduras has reported in a statement that these threats are serious risks to the community which held the exercise of journalism in this Central American country. The text says that the majority of murdered journalists used the press as a forum to denounce violations of human rights, corruption and drug trafficking. |
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