Empower 1,200 Mayan girls and youth from Chiapas

From September to November 2021 we have continued with training and sports workshops with young Tseltal, Tsotsil and Tojolabal women.

In the Lacandon Jungle of Chiapas.

In Nuevo San Juan Chamula, community of Las Margaritas, Chiapas, we continue with the practice of women's soccer with the participation of young women. Along with the soccer practice, we have provided them with workshops on emotion management, gender equality, sexual and reproductive health, and decision making; these workshops have strengthened the capacities of the young women to understand the events that affect their development and thus begin to make changes in their communities and families, in order to be able to carry out their life plans.

During the practices we had the support of volunteers, women soccer players who shared their experience with the younger girls. From these experiences, the girls have strengthened their leadership skills and are beginning to self-manage their practices and positions on the field.

In October, Channel 14 of Mexico City aired the report made in May of this year, in which the testimonies of these young women, who see soccer as a space for freedom, were compiled.

In Los Altos de Chiapas.

In the municipalities of San Juan Cancuc and Chenalhó, three gender workshops were held with young indigenous women from the communities of El Pozo, Chiloljá, Cabecera municipal de San Juan Cancuc and Chenalhó. During these workshops, the young women practice sports that motivate them to continue attending.

Four work sessions were held with the intersectoral roundtables, in which a commitment was made with the indigenous communities to continue sharing Covid-19 prevention tools.

A discussion was held with young people on the topic "Youth and COVID-19", where young people shared the challenges they have been facing on a daily basis since the beginning of the health contingency.

A sensitization workshop was held with teachers to learn how to support young people in the conflicts expressed in the discussion, and thus be able to reduce the difficulties of young people in the face of COVID-19.

Links:

• https://youtu.be/G-7hqn2cdXA

Project report: Violence prevention to indigenous girls COVID time

In Los Altos de Chiapas

In these months, 3 workshops on sexual and reproductive health were held for high school youth who, due to the covid-19, have not been able to have better attention on the subject, these workshops were focused on the protection of their health due to the covid-19. 4 youth initiatives have been formed, training them on topics such as Emotion Management, gender, Sexual and Reproductive Health, as well as training in space management to disseminate materials related to Covid-19, violence prevention and prevention of psychoactive substance use . 4 meetings of intersectoral roundtables were held with health and youth organizations to join forces in favor of the communities of San Juan Cancuc and Chenalho. An emotional containment workshop was held with local and educational authorities for the return to classes, in Chenalho and San Juan Cancuc. Materials were produced as a radio spot with fundamental information on the vaccine against Covid-19 in the mother tongues (Tsotsil and Tsetal).

In the Lacandon Jungle of Chiapas

This report discloses the actions that Ch'ieltik has carried out during the months of April to June 2021 for the benefit of the indigenous women of Nuevo San Juan Chamula in order to create spaces for youth participation and leadership, through the project "Violence prevention to indigenous girls COVID time".

• During the months of April, May and June at the 427 “Rufino Tamayo” telesecundaria school in the Nuevo San Juan Chamula community, training workshops were given on the subject of managing emotions and gender, in order to inspire the girls and above all for meaningful learning.

• Materials for sanitation and prevention for covid19 were delivered to each institution and could also be used for the different activities we carry out.

• The alliance with channel 14 of the cd was obtained. from Mexico thanks to the management of the Ch’ieltik organization to document the process in the community of Nuevo San Juan Chamula and Las Margaritas, where interviews were conducted with the girls.

That is why we continue in the process of making known the importance of YOUTH PARTICIPATION AND LEADERSHIP IN WOMEN so that they can develop in an environment full of learning for the prevention of violence against women.

• FOTOS_16_de_julio_21_LOS_ALTOS.pdf (PDF)