Most U.S. aid to Mexico supports governance, justice and “rule of law” reforms aimed at curbing corruption and remolding the notoriously dysfunctional Mexican justice system. But corruption pervades the U.S. justice system and the state of New Mexico is a good example.
Alicia was rushed from La Concordia only to die in Ayutla.
In 2015, class and social struggles intensified in different regions of Mexico. From small farmers to factory workers, and from teachers to farmworkers, different sectors of the population mobilized to demand fair living standards and dignified treatment.
Miles de personas se reunieron en el monumento de la Revolución en la Ciudad de México, exigiendo justicia climática y respeto por el medio ambiente, previamente a las negociaciones de clima (COP21) en París.
Nadia’s strength, creativity, bravery and determination to create a world of justice is a legacy to learn from. It’s vital to follow Nadia’s lead, to seek justice for her, Yesenia, Mile, Alejandra, Rubén, and the thousands of other victims of human rights violations in Mexico. It is crucial to continue the fight to change our world so this epidemic of violence against women, and women human rights defenders comes to an end. Women of the world have the right to live full lives, and to be their whole selves, in peace.
It’s been two years since Rocío Mesino, environmental and human rights activist, was shot to death in broad daylight in the Mexican state of Guerrero while helping rebuild a community destroyed by a hurricane. It’s been two years of impunity, and a rise in violence against women human rights defenders, defensoras, in Mexico. Rocío is one of many defenders who lost her life for protecting others.
Thousands of people gathered at Mexico City’s symbolic Monument to the Revolution, demanding climate justice and respect for the environment in anticipation of the COP21 talks in Paris. A mix of environmental organizations, families and concerned citizens joined cities around the world, on Nov. 29 as world leaders from more than 190 countries arrived at the annual climate conference to discuss the current crisis and agree on plans to eradicate climate change.
Five years after the creation of the National Network of Women Human Rights Defenders, in the face of violence and the human rights crisis in Mexico
Las defensoras de los derechos humanos en todo el mundo son un símbolo de valor, mientras la violencia sistemática ha ampliado su objetivo hacia las mujeres activistas para quitarles poder, debilitar los movimientos a favor del cambio social y mantener un Estado Mexicano patriarcal y militarizado. Las defensoras de los derechos humanos arriesgan sus vidas cada día para crear un México donde ser mujer no implique de forma inherente estar condenada a ese destino.
The defensoras, or women human rights defenders, embody courage every moment as systematic violence has broadened its target toward them as a way to disempower women activists, weaken movements for social change, and maintain the patriarchal, militarized Mexican State. Women human rights defenders risk their lives every day to create a Mexico where being a woman doesn’t inherently mean a doomed fate.
