Women’s participation in anti-extractivist struggles in Mexico: Analysis of seven mining conflicts

Verónica Vázquez García — 2025-12-08

Objective: to analyze Mexican women’s participation in mobilizations against mining extractivism by answering the following questions: what are women’s positions on the impacts of mining? What spaces are more favorable to their participation? How do they participate? What obstacles do they face while doing so? Methodology: 556 questionnaires applied in 13 communities affected by seven mining conflicts, 10 participatory workshops, interviews with key informants. Results: 1) between 68.2% and 78.1% of women perceive problems associated with mining, the more important ones being water scarcity and pollution, and conflicts within families. 2) Women are more likely to participate in community and municipal organizations in contrast with those operating at regional and state levels. 3) Female participation ranges from 12.9-26.9% depending on the context. 4) Major obstacles include lack of time, resources, mobility and precarious health. Conclusions: female presence in anti-mining movements is low because organizations are insensitive to their leadership and concerns. Efforts must be increased to render visible their gender-specific problems and place them at the center of the struggle.

Geographies of care in Hermosillo, Mexico

Diana María Jiménez Aguilar — 2025-12-08

Planning cities that prioritize care require empirical data and precise assessments to make care work visible within the urban environment. This study aims to assess the extent to which the urban infrastructure of Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, can address the care needs of its population. A methodological approach was developed based on the construction of synthetic indices designed to capture both the supply and demand of care infrastructure. These indices were integrated into a composite Care Index, enabling the analysis of dependency and spatial heterogeneity at the intraurban scale. The findings reveal a clear spatial mismatch between supply and demand of care infrastructure across the city, with the urban configuration significantly shaping the location, extent, and intensity of care services. Based on levels of care infrastructure capacity and burden, the study identifies priority areas that require public policies oriented toward the defamilialization of care, which advocates shifting from informal, family-based care structures toward institutional and community-based support systems. By guiding urban growth toward more equitable models, this research underscores the public and social dimensions of care work—traditionally relegated to the private and domestic sphere—and contributes to advancing the framework of caring city planning.

Noesis. Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities

Women’s participation in anti-extractivist struggles in Mexico: Analysis of seven mining conflicts

Geographies of care in Hermosillo, Mexico