Feminism before & now

  • The origin of feminism in Mexico

    The origin of feminism in Mexico

    It dates from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as a result of social disadvantages and inequalities in froint on men.
  • First wave

    First wave

    It was from 1915 to 1919, a feminist project began to take shape in Mérida. In this were Hermila Galindo, Elena Torres, Atala Apodaca, among others.
  • First feminist movement

    First feminist movement

    It occurred in Yucatan in December 1916, led mainly by teachers who sought to build consensus around educational and social reforms.
  • Second wave

    Second wave

    It started in the 1970s, marked by the student movement of '68.
    It was made up of middle-class urban women, university students, mostly from Mexico City, who questioned male-female relationships.
  • IV World Conference on Women

    IV World Conference on Women

    With it, a new impetus was given to feminist struggles.
    We can say that the achievements in this sense were, on the one hand, the coordination between organized women at the regional, state and national levels who exchanged knowledge, support and political presence; on the other, in the government sector the mandate to work with a gender perspective was increased.
  • Feminism today

    Feminism today

    This time it started in 2019 due to kidnapping attempts on the Mexico City subway.
  • First march of 2019

    First march of 2019

    It happened on August 17 against the rape of a 17-year-old girl by police officers.
    In this they set fire to a metrobus, broke windows and graffiti the Angel of Independence.
  • A rapist on your way

    A rapist on your way

    On November 25 in Chile they created a performance with that name.
    It soon became a hymn and hundreds of women sang it on the CDMX socket.
  • 8M and 9M

    8M and 9M

    Last March 8, the last march was held with the participation of approximately 80 thousand people.
    And on March 9 a national strike.
  • Now

    Now

    Currently violence against women has not stopped, there are approximately 10 femicides a day and the government promises that it is working on it.