An analysis by Gilberto López y Rivas in La Jornada of the recent Frayba report, ‘‘Chiapas, A Disaster’’. The report (in Spanish) can be found in our library at Sendas in San Cristobal de Las Casas or our library here.
https://schoolsforchiapas.org/library/chiapas-un-desastre/
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An account by Alejandro Santos Cid of the premiere screening of ‘La Montaña’ documentary about the transatlantic journey of the Zapatistas to Europe, as part of their Journey for Life. The screening was held at the El Sur Resiste International Encounter last weekend at the Jacinto Janek Caracol, San Cristóbal de Las Casas. The article gives interesting insights into the voyage itself, the history of the Zapatista movement and where it stands today.
“They want to take over our decisions, our resources, they are taking over the family, the water, the air. Everything we need to live, they want to take control. In parts where there is no organization they have succeeded, in other places, like here, we have managed to resist.”
Caravan “The South Resists” – Day 1: Pijijiapan and Tonalá (Chiapas Coast) READ MORE »
The ongoing tragedy of disappearances in Mexico continues and does so in impunity. It is an omnipresent problem which also affects the state of Chiapas, where almost half of the disappeared are children or adolescents. From 2021 to 2022, 1,171 girls, boys and adolescents were reported disappeared in the state. Girls and adolescent women represent the most affected group and often end up in sexual slavery. It is a phenomenon that especially affects indigenous populations and is largely underreported or not reported at all.
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Indigenous women face discrimination on three levels, for being indigenous, for being women and for being poor. The Zapatista Women’s Revolutionary Laws of 1993 marked a major advance for the women living within the autonomous communities and had some level of influence in the wider community of indigenous women in Chiapas. Despite the predominant patriarchal discourse concerning gender stereotypes, indigenous women continue to empower and exert themselves. This article by Yessica Morales from Chiapas Paralelo looks at recent research into a tendency of indigenous women from Amatenango del Valle who choose not to marry and have children but prefer to be single and independent.
