Over the last 10-plus years, the Mesoamerican Initiative of Women Human Rights Defenders (IM-Defensoras) has developed a system to register attacks1 that documents, quantifies, and allows us to conduct a gender analysis regarding the violence perpetrated against the diversity of women and sex-gender dissidences who defend human rights in Mesoamerica. The advantage of this system – a pioneer worldwide – is that, through its interaction with the other Feminist Holistic Protection strategies,2 it contributes to the protection of women defenders by identifying the types of violence and the concrete realities that we face, both individually and within our collectives. 

This report has two main content areas. It presents an analysis of the numerical data gathered by dozens of sister defenders who, starting from a close relationship and commitment with the territories, are responsible for the registry and documentation in each national network of women defenders, and who come together regionally in our Registry Strategy.3 Importantly, the report also includes a compilation of the reflections and analysis we have collectively built over these more than ten years.

Read the full report on IM-Defensoras' website here. 

Read the full report on IMD's website here.