Hotline update

The hotline has been funcioning for about 2 weeks now. It operates in the afternoons from Monday - Friday, and all day during the weekend. At least 5 women a day call for help, plus more calls come from people who are curious, journalists, and of course people against the hotline. However, the number of people only calling to be insulting are going steadily down. At first, the calls were only coming from Quito. However, with the national news coverage and actions/flyering in other cities calls are coming in from different parts of the country, such as Guayaquil and Ambato. Although much of the news coverage has been surprisingly positive, thanks to some of the negative coverage aired nationally, women around the country have seen the hotline number and have been able to recieve lifesaving information.

Banner action in Machala

The banner strikes again! This time, the banner was flown from the municipal…

Training for Medics

About a dozen doctors attended the training for medics on medical abortion. It…

Day and Night Street Parades Get the Message Out

In the morning, a team of activists participated in a procession through Quito…

Hotline Announced in Radio Debate

Abortion is suddenly a hot topic in Ecuador. Yesterday, the whole day in the…

Football Spectators Raise Call for Safe Abortion

Everyone was excited by the success of the banner drop at the Virgin, and…

From the Virgin: the call for safe abortion

Today the help telephone number was launched at the hill overlooking Quito. The…

After graffiti first call

A group of activists swarmed the city and sprayed the hotline number wherever…

Trainings and preparations

New action plans, now there is no ship to launch the hotline. After all, the…

Planning for action

We arrived!! After a long and sleepless flight, we arrived in Quito. However

All salvage attempts fail

Chiel and Dolf, the crew, tried to push the ship back in the sea during high…

At the beach

We still hope the damage is not too bad and can be fixed in a few days.

"Harmony" hit by tropical storm

Just one day after setting sail for Ecuador the ship was caught in a severe…

Just one more meeting

The last meeting 2 weeks before the campaign will start. All the volunteers are…

The "Harmony"

We just needed to find a ship near Ecuador. We did and since a few weeks Women…

200 miles !!!!?

Ecuador is actually claiming 200 miles territorial waters instead of 12 miles…

Preparations

The Coordinadora Juvenil por la Equidad de Género (Youth Committee for Gender…