Rafaela Can, a midwife, made it possible for fellow midwives in Yucatan to issue certificates of live birth.
Women cared for by a midwife are required to present such certificates to register their babies after birth.
Hermelinda Tiburcio and Paulina Baltazar, with Kinal Antsetik Guerrero, provide sexuality education in indigenous communities along the Costa Chica.
They carry out their work by presenting the play La historia se repite (History repeats itself), which promotes condom use.
Recolectec, an organization located in Baja California Sur, collected 12 tons of electronic trash that otherwise would have contaminated water, air, and soils.
A group of women in Santa Rosalía recycle the trash to make costume jewelry, thus creating a source of extra income for them and their families.
Ollin Calli, a collective based in Tijuana, organized three “maquila worker tours.” Professors, students, activists, and workers from both sides of the border participated in the tours to raise awareness about working conditions at maquiladoras.
The organization managed to create a network of individual donors in San Diego, California, to fund its activities.
The collective Mujeres Sembrando Semillas (Women Sowing Seeds), located in Tumbalá, Chiapas, increased its mushroom production thanks to the opening of its new plant. Production increased from 100 kg to 250 kg per month and a half.
“We have many more clients now compared to before the project started,” said Bertha López.
The National Network of Indigenous Women: Weaving Rights for Mother Earth and Territory (in Spanish, RENAMITT) carried out the legal formalities necessary to deliver 23 title deeds to indigenous women.
With these documents, they have become legal owners of their land.
The organization Aquesex filed a writ of amparo, a legal action that made it possible to perform the first female same-sex marriage in the state of Querétaro.
Aquesex leads the struggle for same-sex marriage in the state.
Four Afro-Mexican women, who studied at the Escuela Itinerante, a school coordinated by the Oaxacan organization Cagunaa Coldiba Nganga Huandi, participated in the First Summit of Women Leaders of African Descent of the Americas, which took place in Managua, Nicaragua
Their main demand is the constitutional recognition of their rights.
These findings, a reflection of the public opinion in Puebla, are the basis for Odesyr’s continued advocacy efforts for the decriminalization of abortion among local legislators.
Members of the indigenous organization Ichikahualistli Sihuame (Women’s Strength), based in the Zongolica mountain range, in Veracruz, received training in radio show scripting and production. Their objective was to broadcast community radio shows during six months to prevent violence against women.
Currently, they are producing a radio soap opera in Spanish and Nahuatl to continue to raise awareness about this problem at the community level.
individual donors of the Network of Women and Men Investing in Women
institutional donors
individual donors of the Network of Women and Men Investing in Women
institutional donors
We mobilized over
to support women’s groups and indigenous leaders.
to shed light on the naturalized violence against women present in many of our songs.
The campaign had 55,000 views in YouTube and more than 1.8 million views in Facebook.
This initiative, led by a feminist and an environmentalist fund, managed to mobilize resources to jointly support 28 groups headed by women that seek to respond to the effects of climate change and foster innovative strategies for sustainable community development.
Domestic workers are particularly vulnerable. This sector of the labor force has been atomized and enjoys few organizing opportunities.
After years of working to create a trade union to defend their rights,
The union will help domestic workers have fair labor relationships with their employers. It will work to ensure respect for their labor rights, including social security, vacations, working days, Christmas bonus, and the like.
This grand event featured a concert by Lila Downs and other special guests, including Las Reinas Chulas, Cintia Bolio, Mónica Mayer, Lucero González, and DJ Regina Puma.
The Watermelon Gala allowed us to establish alliances with new opinion leaders and other strategic actors. The event raised $28,826 dollars that will help us support more women’s groups.
The initiative will advocate for several major issues. These include indigenous women’s rights to own land, maternal mortality and adolescent pregnancy prevention, sexuality education for young indigenous people, and labor rights of domestic and maquila workers. The project lasts three years and is jointly operated by Semillas and the Simone de Beauvoir Leadership Institute.
