– LATEST: Mexico – Indigenous issues on the political agenda again?
– FOCUS: Gender violence alerts: understanding the problem to be able to deal with it
– ARTICLE: Against pain and fear: a cry of hope. Forum on forced disappearance.
– SIPAZ ACTIVITIES (from mid-May to mid-August 2017)

26/09/2017

ARTICLE: Against pain and fear: a cry of hope. Forum on forced disappearance

On August 8th and 9th, in the framework of the 23rd anniversary of the Tlachinollan Mountain Human Rights Center, the Forum on forced disappearance "Against Pain and Fear: a Cry of Hope" took place in Chilpancingo.
26/09/2017

FOCUS: Gender violence alerts: understanding the problem to be able to deal with it

To date, 80 municipalities in 11 states in Mexico have established a Gender-Based Violence Alert (GVA) with the aim of promoting greater security for women and reducing the number of femicides that currently reach an average of seven women murdered per day throughout the country.
26/09/2017

LATEST: Mexico – Indigenous issues on the political agenda again?

From May 26th to 28th, the National Indigenous Congress (CNI in its Spanish acronym) was held to form the Indigenous Council of Government (CIG in its Spanish acronym) and to appoint its spokesperson who will be independent candidate for the presidency in 2018. 858 representatives of 58 indigenous peoples participated, guests, observers, as well as the general command of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN in its Spanish acronym).