The Peace Brigades International-Mexico Project has posted on social media:
“In the framework of the International Women’s Day (8M), @PBI_Mexico accompanies marches and demonstrations in Cuernavaca, the City of Mexico and Hermosillo.
The presence of international observers helps raise awareness and support the struggles for equality, justice and a life free from violence.”
Cuernavaca, Morelos
Aristegui reports: “Thousands of women participated on March 8 in the mobilization from the Chamilpa Campus of the UAEM to the Plaza de Armas of Cuernavaca, within the framework of International Women’s Day. They demanded justice for Kimberly Joselin Ramos and Karol Toledo, psychology students who disappeared and were murdered less than a week apart; They also intervened buildings and monuments with iconoclasm to make femicidal violence in the state visible.”
Mexico City
La Jornada reports: “After a march with a wide call to commemorate this International Women’s Day (8M), the first contingents of women began to enter the capital’s main square, which is beginning to be painted more and more purple, the characteristic color of this date. The slogans are diverse, and most refer to the multiple forms of violence experienced by women in the country…”
Hermosillo, Sonora
And El Sol de Hermosillo reports: “Relatives of victims, people with children, disabilities, indigenous women, as well as various groups marched on the occasion of International Women’s Day on the afternoon of Sunday, March 8 in Hermosillo, a movement that extended from the steps of the University of Sonora to the Congress of the State of Sonora and the State Judiciary. …During the march through the main streets of the capital of Sonora, at least more than a thousand people participated, especially women who exclaimed ‘They took them alive, we want them alive’, ‘Lord, madam, do not be indifferent, women are killed in the face of the people’, ‘Woman listen, this is your fight’ and ‘My friends take care of me, not the Police’, among other slogans.”
Additional reading: PBI-Honduras present at International Women’s Day march in Tegucigalpa, notes UPR recommendations (PBI-Canada article, March 9, 2026).
