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EU Commits 55 Million Pesos to Five Gender-Focused Projects in Mexico

Money will flow through Mexican civil-society groups to bolster prevention, justice access, empowerment for girls and women.

Overview

  • The announcement came during a visit by EU Human Rights Special Representative Kajsa Ollongren, who is in Mexico for high-level meetings and events.
  • Financing totals 11 million pesos per initiative, with five projects targeting gender-based violence, access to justice, empowerment through technology, and institutional strengthening.
  • Implementing partners include Tejiendo Redes, Cultivando Género, EQUIS: Justicia para las Mujeres, Data Cívica, the Observatorio Ciudadano Nacional del Feminicidio, the Red de Abogadas Indígenas, the Consorcio para el Diálogo Parlamentario y la Equidad Oaxaca, the Oficina de Defensoría de los Derechos de la Infancia, Derechos Infancia México, LAB-CO and Laboratorio de Modelos de Impacto Social A.C.
  • Reporting diverges on the implementation horizon, with some outlets citing three years and others five years, and formal program documents are still expected to clarify timing.
  • EU officials framed the package within a wider human-rights partnership that has included more than €700,000 for forensic identification work in Zacatecas, Durango and Coahuila, pointing to Mexico’s severe levels of gender violence and disappearances.