Honduran feminist activists disappointed by first female president

Xiomara Castro has not yet fulfilled her promise to legalise emergency contraceptives and to address violence against women

At her inauguration earlier this year, Xiomara Castro, the first female president of Honduras, ended her speech with a message to women.

Honduran women, I will not fail you, I will defend your rights, all your rights, count on me," said Castro, whose resounding election victory ended a dozen years of conservative rule and generated high hopes for change in a country with one of the highest rates of femicide and most restrictive laws against reproductive rights in Latin America.