14/04/2017
ACTIVIDADES DE SIPAZ (De principios de noviembre de 2016 a finales de enero de 2017)
SIPAZ – Quaterly Report
14/04/2017
In November, SIPAZ had the opportunity to participate in the International Human Rights Observation Mission on the Guatemala-Mexico Border (MODH in its Spanish acronym), convened by the Cross-Border Migration and Gender Coordination Board (MTMG in its Spanish acronym) to raise awareness of human rights violations in this region.
14/04/2017
On January 1, 2017, from the Caracol of Oventik, the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) publicly confirmed its decision to "to name an Indigenous Governing Council with men and women representatives from each one of the peoples, tribes, and nations that make up the CNI. (...) This council intends to govern this country. (...) This council will be presided over by an indigenous woman of the CNI, (...) which is to say, a woman of indigenous blood who knows her culture. This indigenous woman spokesperson from the CNI will be an independent candidate for the presidency of Mexico in the 2018 elections."
14/04/2017
The night of November 8, 2016 shocked the whole world when, in spite of the forecasts and rejection by broad sectors both inside and outside the United States, Republican candidate Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election.
09/01/2017
ACTIVIDADES DE SIPAZ (De principios de julio a finales de octubre de 2016)
09/01/2017
In October, SIPAZ had the privilege of traveling to the northern border (Mexico / United States) to participate in a binational Convergence and a tour where we had the opportunity to give presentations about the current socio-political context in southern Mexico, and had meetings with social actors, collectives, networks and human rights organizations in the states of Arizona, Michigan, Chicago, the District of Colombia, and Texas.
09/01/2017
From August 29th to September 7th, two representatives of the United Nations (UN) Working Group (WG) on Business and Human Rights, Pavel Sulyandziga (Russia) and Dante Pesce (Chile), made an official visit to Mexico that included the states of Mexico, Jalisco, Oaxaca, and Sonora.
09/01/2017
From July to September, the teachers' movement, opposed to the 2013 education reform bill, filled the front pages of the press
25/08/2016
Las manifestaciones del movimiento magisterial en exigencia de una mesa de diálogo con la Secretaria de gobernación (Segob) se han enmarcado en un contexto de escalada de violencia represiva.
25/08/2016
En los últimos meses, las protestas contra la reforma educativa han adquirido fuerza en muchas partes del país, sobre todo en los estados de Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero y Michoacán.
25/08/2016
Miles de mujeres juntas en las calles, ropa violeta, mantas y consignas por doquier. Mítines, actuaciones musicales, performances y talleres.
25/08/2016
INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE AND ACCOMPANIMENT Chiapas Northern Region In April, we were present at the ejido of Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, municipality of Salto de Agua, where an […]