In a country beset by sky-high rates of femicide, a mutual support movement has helped women seize back public spaces – and make a living
Photographs by Mahe Elipe
As the sun rises in Mexico City, Marchigua sets off on her 45-minute cycle ride from the fringes of the city to Alameda Central park. There, the 37-year-old campaigner joins a lively group arranging blankets on the pavement and putting up banners, all bearing messages in support of women’s rights.
Women wear scarves in green and purple – the colours of Latin America’s equality movement. This mercadita feminista, or feminist market, is one of several around the city – and about more than commerce.
