{"id":4902,"date":"2024-07-29T19:25:05","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T23:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/news-and-stories\/intergenerational-activism-in-oaxaca\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:22:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:22:57","slug":"intergenerational-activism-in-oaxaca","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/pt\/news-and-stories\/intergenerational-activism-in-oaxaca\/","title":{"rendered":"Redes de solidariedade: Jovens ativistas levando os direitos reprodutivos \u00e0 zona rural de Oaxaca"},"template":"","class_list":["post-4902","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-stories","article_format-stories-of-change","issue_tax-legal-abortion","location-latin-america","location-mexico"],"acf":{"details":{"":null,"article_type":21,"article_format":150,"authors":"","add_button":false,"button_type":"link","button":"","download":"","download_button_text":"","featured_image":3282},"sidebar":{"issues":{"title":"Quest\u00f5es priorit\u00e1rias","issues":[34]},"locations":{"title":"Localiza\u00e7\u00e3o","locations":[102,161]},"partners":{"title":"Parceiros","partners":""}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_hero_article","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_hero_article":{"":null,"anchor_id":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"Xally Mart\u00ednez\u2019s commitment to community activism is rooted in generations of strength and unshakeable perseverance. Growing up in a rural region of Oaxaca, Mexico, Xally witnessed the ripple effects of gender-based violence from an early age, of which both her mother and grandmother are survivors. Through the support of local women\u2019s collectives and the solidarity found in their surrounding community, both women rebuilt their lives, leaving a lasting impression on Xally in their wake.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nSimilarly, Dyadha Zuleima Herrera Morga \u2013 who goes by Zuly \u2013 grew up in an Afro-Indigenous family and developed a strong sense of the need for culturally responsive resources for women in Mexico\u2019s rural regions. After moving to Oaxaca to study psychology, Zuly reconnected with her family\u2019s cultural background and began recognizing her identity as the foundation in which to ground her work.<\/span>\r\n\r\nExperiences like Zuly's have become more common in recent decades, thanks to the struggles for the rights of descendants of native peoples who faced colonization and of African people brought to Mexico by colonial slavery. In 2001 Mexico's Federal Constitution established the rights of Indigenous peoples, who make up 20% of the country's population, and only in 2019 did it recognize Afro-Mexican people. In 2020, for the first time in a <\/span>population census in Mexico<\/span><\/a>, a question was included to identify the Afro-Mexican population, which accounts for 2% of the country's population.<\/span>\r\n
\u201cThere is a lot of discrimination in Mexico, a lot of stigma and racist violence,\u201d Zuly said. \u201cThey don't value our culture, and they don't receive <\/span>our <\/span>roots well.\u201d<\/span><\/blockquote>\r\nOaxaca is the Mexican state with the highest percentage of Indigenous people and the second-highest percentage of Afro-Mexican people in the country. Given the variety of cultures and languages present in the region, essential information and resources can often be inaccessible for people who speak different languages, and the need for translation services is acutely exhibited in matters of sexual and reproductive health and justice.<\/span>\r\n\r\nMotivated by the experiences of her family members and a recognition of the limited <\/span>resources <\/span>in her community, Xally sought out local advocacy trainings, which led her to F\u00f2s Feminista\u2019s partner <\/span>Mano Vuelta<\/span><\/b>, an Indigenous and Afro-Mexican-led organization focused on equity and rights for women and girls in Oaxaca\u2019s rural areas. Engaging with Mano Vuelta\u2019s workshops allowed Xally to deepen and expand the scope of her activism while also discovering new strategies to engage her peers in the cause.<\/span>\r\n
\u201cIt was essential to find those spaces,\u201d said Xally, now 17 years old. \u201cIt is very powerful to be in networks, and through networking, I\u2019ve become a trusted reference in my community.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/blockquote>\r\nTaking the knowledge and strategies gained through her training with Mano Vuelta, Xally has now built a peer-to-peer collective that provides accessible information about contraception and abortion access to other young women in her community. Members of Xally\u2019s collective also serve as abortion companions, providing support and assistance to help women in their communities who often don\u2019t know they have the right to end a pregnancy access a safe and legal abortion.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n
\u201cAccompanying and deciding on our own lives is an act of love for ourselves,\u201d Xally said of the abortion <\/span>accompaniment initiative<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/blockquote>\r\nMano Vuelta\u2019s evidence-based advocacy strategy to promote intercultural and anti-racist abortion care in Oaxaca draws on the mobilizing power and leadership of young Indigenous and Afro-Mexican women like Xally and Zuly<\/span>, who has been a member of Mano Vuelta\u2019s team since 2018<\/span>. Their community-based capacity-sharing programs fuel social decriminalization initiatives, including a recent multimedia campaign titled \u201c<\/span>In my body and mind, the decision is mine<\/span><\/a>,\u201d which shares legal abortion information in four of Oaxaca\u2019s Indigenous languages: Mixtec, Zapotec, Ayuuk, and Cuicatec.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nMano Vuelta<\/span>\u2019s work<\/span> is based in recognition of each community\u2019s customs and respect for their cultural practices. Translation is a key component of reaching women in rural communities who may speak an Indigenous language, and<\/span> being able to engage them in their native language can<\/span> establish a sense of belonging when delivering resources and support services to women in the region.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n
\u201cToday, I recognize myself collectively, which gives me meaning and is what allows us [at Mano Vuelta] to sustain ourselves,\u201d Zuly said, acknowledging the importance of her cultural identity.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/blockquote>\r\nWith Mano Vuelta\u2019s support, Xally\u2019s youth collective monitors a variety of issues in their community, including early and forced marriages, gender-based violence that may occur in their schools, and barriers to reproductive care in local health facilities. Xally conducts direct outreach to challenge any harmful developments or narratives on these topics, including at her city\u2019s primary hospital, where she has pressed the hospital director to adapt an intercultural perspective to care, a core pillar of Mano Vuelta\u2019s mission.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nThrough the monitoring of social and health policies by local activists, Mano Vuelta has documented myriad barriers to abortion access: Most glaringly, there are only 11 abortion care providers available in the 570 municipalities in the state of Oaxaca, many of which struggle with lack of trained professionals, medications, supplies, and other resources.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nAfter years of effort, <\/span>Mano Vuelta\u2019s <\/span>advocacy successfully informed the development of Oaxaca\u2019s new state abortion guidelines, which were officially instituted in November 2023. The guidelines include several key provisions that Mano Vuelta has long advocated for: decentralization of health services, abortion access information in native languages, and translation support.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\nAs an organization that supports and nurtures grassroots efforts, Mano Vuelta celebrates the revised state abortion guidelines. However, knowing that progressive laws and policies are only one step in protecting rights, they continue to lead social and budget monitoring by Oaxacan activists in order to hold their local government accountable.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n
\u201cI truly feel that this support [from Mano Vuelta] is necessary \u2013 we work as allies,\u201d Xally said. \u201cAnd today, I work so that the things that have happened to my ancestors are not repeated.\u201d<\/span><\/blockquote>","":null,"anchor_id":""}}]},"yoast_head":"\nNetworks of Solidarity: Youth Activists Bringing Reproductive Rights to Rural Oaxaca - F\u00f2s Feminista<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fosfeminista.org\/pt\/news-and-stories\/intergenerational-activism-in-oaxaca\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"pt_BR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Networks of Solidarity: Youth Activists Bringing Reproductive Rights to Rural Oaxaca - F\u00f2s Feminista\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Read the Spanish version here. 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