US$63.2 million. Not one local women's organization.
The UN has allocated US$63.2 million through OCHA’s Regional Humanitarian Fund to support the 2026 Humanitarian Response Plan in Honduras.
But let’s look at where the money went:
0 national NGOs funded.
0 women-led organizations funded.
This is not a criticism of the UN or international NGOs that received the funding. But it does raise a crucial question: why are local actors—especially women’s organizations, who are often the last line of support for those most affected—still left out of direct funding?
Time and again, it is women-led organizations with limited resources which end up caring for survivors and meeting needs that larger agencies cannot reach.
There is no donor policy preventing funding for local or women-led groups. So, what is the real barrier?
If we are serious about localization, we must measure it by where the money actually goes—not just by what is written in our strategies.