Mexico, the land of contrasts and the bright heart of Latin America, is a country where cultural diversity and natural wealth live with deep inequality. Despite their great economic and social achievements ,, The country is still faced with structural problems that especially affect women, and with more rudeness, indigenous women.
In this context, Almsa arises (alliance and leadership of Latin American women in action and sovereignty), An elite network that unites the 100 most influential Latin American women With a clear mission: Create mutual support networks and expand their solidarity to those who are faced with system barriers from birth.
“Women who reached the top also faced their own career obstacles. Today they are wondering what future they build for those who come later. ”
According to Lorena Bhandon, a Spanish journalist, Just two decades ago, it was almost impossible to see women in senior positions. However, today the panorama has changed. Work, dedication and patience allowed many to take part in the places of decision.
2025: year of indigenous woman
Mexico said This year in 2025, as a year of women from among the indigenous peoples, the recognition of these historically invisible voices. While women -naughty women reach almost ten years of study, indigenous peoples barely reach 6.9 years. Every fifth does not know how to read or write.
Rigobert Mench: A voice that did not shut up
Few figures are better than the struggle for equality, which Rigobert Menchu, the Gvatemsky indigenous activist and the Nobel Prize of the World in 1992. His life is evidence of tireless resistance to violence, racism and exclusion.
“A conversation in my time can cost you life … They kill you in life when they shut you up when they marginalize you.”
Menchu emphasizes the role of women from among the indigenous peoples as carriers of hereditary wisdom and communal poles. Komadrons, for example, are central figures in local peoples: they serve as a birth, face in the family and collective conflicts and embody a deeply rooted form of leadership in the harmony of the community.
However, even in the feminist movement, this indicates the internal disagreements, commercial interests and the struggle for power, which impede a single struggle for justice.
Violence and inequality: Urgent realities
The numbers in Mexico are anxious. In March 2025, 60 daily killings were registered, nine of them women. In 2021, more than 22,000 girls underwent sexual violence. Teenagers from among the indigenous peoples face even more severe realities: every third is married or united, and many are already minors.
“Violence has become a business. That is why I tell young women: prepare, infform, I do not give up myself. Because only from internal power you can help others. ”
Build equality from action
Reducing the gap in salaries, protecting women’s rights and ensuring a safe and fair environment – this is not just a responsibility for the state. This is a collective task, when institutions, companies and civil society should perform.
Women, such as Rigobert Mench and the leaders of Almhas, remind us that The story was written not only by winners, but also by those who refuse to surrender.