News
Publications, episodes, studies and results, each with its date. This page is updated whenever there is something new to tell.
September 2026
DKY Digital released “Getting ready for an earthquake without freezing up” (September 10) and “Emergency contraceptive pill” (August 26), and Miradas Moradas premiered the video feature “Maquilisquad”, about a group of women who took over a skatepark in El Salvador (September 1). All three are now linked from each program’s page (videos in Spanish).
We shipped two updates in under 48 hours (versions 1.0.64 and 1.0.65 on Google Play; 1.17.5 and 1.17.6 on the App Store). The home screen drops the banners that hid the news: the migration assistant, countries of interest and resources —AI chat, learning materials, job network, currency converter and saved items— are now one tap away, the news list fills the screen, and the “Know your rights” legal guide sits at the bottom. Design fixes to the news filters and podcast pages are included. Available by updating the app from the store.
We present the program created in 2026 so that social organizations, young women and LGBTQ+ people can use technology safely and to their advantage: digital protection, data governance, entrepreneurship with technology and artificial intelligence in the service of communities. In preparation: the Latin American Workshop on Data Governance for NGOs and “Use AI”, for LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs and young women. We also reorganized the Programs page: every program in one place, with the alliances and regional spaces where we take part.
We present the program that works with students, teachers and families in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala to prevent violence and sexual abuse in schools, with the project video and the Little Red Riding Hood story. We also published the English version of the 2008 impact evaluation, Catalyzing Personal and Social Change.
We present the masculinities program page, with the five Men's Story Project videos recorded in Guatemala and Costa Rica (2025 partnership), and publish in Research the studies on masculinities and violence in Nicaragua — carried out with Promundo, now Equimundo — and the assessment of LGBTQI+ organizations in Central America, in English and Spanish. The "Where we work" map now shows what has been done in each country.
Two new magazine articles — “The internet as territory” and “It doesn’t say ‘hate women’. It says ‘be a high-value man’”, based on our study of the digital manosphere — plus a profile of the Maquilisquad women’s skating collective. The team also took part in SIPConnect 2026 (Miami, July).
Update 1.17.3 fixes bugs and improves the app’s stability. It is available for free in both stores.
We published our legal details, how we are governed, where every donation goes and the public records where anyone can verify it.
In addition to the bilingual executive summary, the complete report (in Spanish) of the research with 185 young men in El Salvador and Honduras can now be downloaded.
The impact evaluation of Puntos de Encuentro's communication strategy (Horizons, PATH, CIDS/UNAN-León, 2008) and Pop Culture with a Purpose (Singhal & Lacayo, Oxfam Novib, 2008), free to download.
We launched the Contact page with a form, the mission strip on the homepage and faster loading on mobile. The loom with the threads of diversity illustrates what we do: weaving communication for social change.
August and July 2026
Gabriela Paz continues the story of the women's movement in El Salvador in the voices of its protagonists. On Spotify, Apple Podcasts and La Radio Tomada (in Spanish).
Those who came after: young feminisms in dialogue with the post-war years, with Silvia Elizondo.
June 2026
The digital manosphere in El Salvador and Honduras (185 participants) and the regional assessment on sexuality and contraception with 201 adolescents and young people. Both as free PDFs.
DKY Digital, Miradas Moradas and Migrante App reached more than 1.3 million people, mostly organically; 4,991 migrants used the app.
After three years in Nicaragua: 1,809 women participants, 2,620 therapy sessions and 42 psychologists trained. External evaluation completed.
May 2026
Pilot episode: "When feminism took the floor", a journey through the roots of Salvadoran feminism with sociologist Candelaria Navas.
The free app for Central American migrants, explained in 30 seconds.
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