Indigenous Peoples of Mexico and their Struggles for Rights: Gender Perspective on Cultural Citizenship

On Monday, November 20th, Dr. Rosalva Aída Hernández Castillo of the Center for Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology in Mexico presented a talk entitled, “Indigenous Peoples of Mexico and their Struggles for Rights: Gender Perspective on Cultural Citizenship.” Dr. Hernández Castillo is an anthropologist and activist who lived in Chiapas for fifteen years. She is currently exploring new and old opportunities for power through indigenous women, collective organization, and daily resistance by analyzing the comparative histories of indigenous women’s initiatives in Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Veracruz.