Zamorano University and UN Women Sign Memorandum of Understanding

Zamorano University and UN Women signed a Memorandum of Understanding establishing a framework for collaboration on the development of joint projects focused on women’s economic empowerment and the strengthening of women’s leadership.

Through this agreement, both institutions will collaborate on initiatives related to education, research, and innovation in the agricultural and agro-industrial sector, with the aim of promoting gender equality in these strategic areas for sustainable development.

The Memorandum also creates a framework for continued cooperation to advance actions aimed at preventing violence against women and girls, with a particular focus on rural contexts.

Representing Zamorano University at the signing were Dr. Ana Maier, Vice President and Academic Dean; Jeffrey Cohen, President-Designate; and Keith Andrews, Interim President, in institutional representation, as well as Karina Peña, Head of Student Residences, and Zelenia Eguigure, Associate Dean of Students.

Representing UN Women was Engineer Mildred García, Head of the UN Women Office in Honduras.

This Memorandum of Understanding reinforces the commitment of both institutions to coordinated efforts and the development of initiatives that contribute to more inclusive development from an academic and inter-institutional cooperation perspective.

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