In the heart of Yucatán, Mexico, a group of Maya women from the village of San Simón have embarked on a journey to reconnect with their ancestral heritage while securing their financial independence. Through a community participation project initiated by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), these women are actively involved in the…
This Sunday the Amazonas de Yaxunah will face off against the Jaguarcitas of Yucatán’s State University.
There is something unique about Mexico’s upcoming 2024 federal election — viable female candidates.
The Amazonas of Yaxunah win big during their first international game.
Like AMLO, Sheinbaum won her election by a landslide in 2018 and ever since has been seen as one of two frontrunners for her party in the 2024 presidential race.
A new law recently passed in Yucatán would bar men guitly of violence against women from running for office or getting government jobs.
Sara Maldonado Trujillo is as passionate about makeup as she is about inspiring and empowering other women.
At least eight different women’s rights groups organized several marches and protests on International Women’s Day.
In commemoration of International Women’s Day today, we bring you the stories of three remarkable entrepreneurial women living in Yucatán who through their work challenge traditional notions of “women’s work.”
Feminist protestors unveiled a monument in Mérida’s Remate at the foot of the Paseo de Montejo to protest ongoing violence against women.
The new legislation is being also being called a major victory by several feminist organizations
The women, members of a robotics engineering team, expressed their gratitude to the Mexican government and said they looked forward to a bright future in Mexico.
According to the ruling, surrogates are not to receive compensation for their services.
A man in Mérida was the first person in Yucatán to be arrested after being accused of non-consensual photo sharing, also known as revenge porn. The warrant falls under Olimpia’s Law, a set of legal reforms designed to combat the sharing of sexual content without the subject’s consent and ban the online promotion of sexist…
Women in Mexico are building ties over the Internet to find safety. The network works by connecting women with each other across platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook to share their locations. The central idea is that if a woman on the network were to run into a dangerous situation, she would notify her group…
An International Women’s Day march in Mérida highlighted growing issues of gender violence and inequality, ending with another monument covered with spray paint. The Monument to the Montejo, which has been under scrutiny, became the target of some protestors’ rage. The vandalism mirrored violence during the 2019 march, which focused its rage on a statue…
Women in Yucatán makeup 84.8% of the unemployed population, according to a recent report. The data published by Mexican NGO, Acción Ciudadana Frente a la Pobreza, raises serious concerns regarding the status of women and their participation in the state’s economy. María Ayala, chief researcher at Acción Ciudadana Frente a la Pobreza, stressed the importance…
Young Mérida-born music artist Belle Delouisse has taken a feminist anthem and brought it home. Delouisse’s version of Vivir Quintana’s “Canción sin miedo” (“Song Without Fear”) is “love letter dedicated to women living in the Yucatan Peninsula.” The original “Canción sin miedo” had its moment during 2020’s Latin American protests against femicide and abortion laws…
In time for International Women’s Day this Thursday, the Palacio Cantón Museum will inaugurate an sweeping exhibit, explaining eight centuries of progress, told from a female perspective.
Mayan women are being groomed to assume leadership positions in politics. A ground-breaking workshop will prepare them to assert themselves in the election.
Al Gore, and Nobel-prize winner Malala Yousafzai, and actress Susan Sarandon are all part of a women’s empowerment conference that starts Monday in Mérida.
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