In observance of 8 March, International Women’s Day, the Center for Women’s Rights Chiapas, together with women’s organizations, collectives, and groups, organized a meeting to launch a Movement in Defense of the Land, the Territory, and In Favor of the Participation and Recognition of Women in Decision-Making, which will be held on 6 and 7 March in CIDECI Unitierra. Furthermore, on 8 March itself, there will be held a march from the administrative building in San Cristóbal de Las Casas to the Cathedral Plaza, where a rally will be held.
For more information (in Spanish):
[CONVOCATORIA] Hacia la constitución de un Movimiento en Defensa de la Tierra y el Territorio y por la participación y el reconocimiento de las Mujeres en las decisiones (Centro de Derechos de la Mujer de Chiapas)
For more information from SIPAZ (in English):
National: Multiple activities for International Women’s Day (16 March 2014)
Oaxaca: Request of activation of Gender Alert amidst increase in number of femicides (2 March 2014)
Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero: Activities to observe International Day of Non-Violence toward Women (8 December 2013)
Chiapas/Oaxaca: Conmemoration of femicides during Day of the Dead (13 November 2013)