About
Elvia Alvarado (born 1938) is a Honduran human rights activist who has been involved in several peasant organizations. She became a social activist through the Catholic Church, and organized women movements in Honduran cities to distribute food to malnourished children. She has done extensive work in land recovery, and has been arrested and tortured by police and security forces. Currently she is the head of the International Relations of the Union of Rural Workers.