• A river wraps around a group informal settlements. There is a canoe floating in the river, with several individuals watching on.

    Reduction of Human Insecurity in Alto Wanke Bocay Nicaragua: An Integrated, Multi-Sectoral and Intercultural Human Security Intervention

    Duration: August 2012 - July 2015
    Budget: US$3,596,448
    Implementing Agencies: UNFPA (lead), UNDP, FAO, UNICEF, IOM

    The ethnically diverse Alto Wangki Bocay region, located along the border with Honduras, is one of the most isolated and inaccessible regions in Nicaragua. It consists of 3 indigenous territories inside the Bosawas Biosphere Reserve, which is the largest tropical rain forest reserve north of the Amazon. The population is confronted with a range of human insecurities, with women and children being particularly vulnerable due to unequal gender relations, high levels of illiteracy, unplanned pregnancies, lack of control over economic resources and domestic violence.