The mission of Kinal Antzetik, a PWRDF partner working in the Mexican states of Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Chiapas, is to improve the lives of Indigenous …
Mexico Stories
The Angels God Sent Us
According to Eduwigues Galarza de Bustamante and Maria Louisa Valdez. the Paso del Norte Human Rights Centre (a PWRDF partner in Mexico) is “the angel …
Women of Wisdom and Conviction
Today Jose and I visited the Indigenous Women’s House (CAMI) in Chalchihuitan. We had the distinct pleasure to meet at CAMI a group of ten …
PWRDF Partner Offices Illegally Searched
On the night of June 5, federal police illegally raided the offices of PWRDF partner agency Centro de Derechos Humanos Paso del Norte (The Paso …
CEDEHM wins Hermila Galindo Award
PWRDF partner, Centro de Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres, the Centre for Women’s Human Rights (CEDEHM), in Mexico has been honoured with a Hermila Galindo …
Remembering Tatic Samuel: Bishop Samuel Ruiz of Mexico dies at the age of 86
“During the day, thousands and thousands of the faithful who had come from throughout the diocese filled the cathedral in honour of the bishop who …
Between Pink Crosses, Row on Row
Campaigns and Advocacy Stories, Featured, Latin America Caribbean Stories, Mexico Stories, Women Stories
Outside the city of Ciudad Juárez , Mexico, rows of pink crosses have been placed in the desert. Each of these crosses represents a woman …
The Unfinished Business of Welcoming the Stranger
Canadian Indigenous Stories, Featured, Latin America Caribbean Stories, Mexico Stories, Refugees and Migrants Stories
50 Refugee Families: A Goal Yet to be Reached The Bible begins with the migration of God’s spirit and ends with John in exile on …
PWRDF Condemns the Murder of Marisela Escobedo Ortiz
Marisela Escobedo Ortiz was a brave woman. Her daughter Rubi was murdered in August 2008 at the age of 16. From that day forward, Marisela …
Hope in “The Most Dangerous City in the World”
50th Anniversary Stories, Canada Stories, Featured, Latin America Caribbean Stories, Mexico Stories, Women Stories
Even before the current violence between drug cartels, police, and the military heated up in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (just across the Rio Grande from El …