Overview
- The federal government designated 2025 as the Year of the Indigenous Woman and proposed reforms to 17 laws to strengthen protection, economic support and housing access for women and girls, particularly in Indigenous communities.
- For the first time, leaders of all 32 states endorsed President Claudia Sheinbaum’s ten-point plan intended to ensure women live free of violence.
- Retired Supreme Court minister Margarita Ríos Farjat urged joint action across institutions, academia, civil society and the public, highlighting a 2023 Supreme Court ruling that recognizes parents of minor femicide victims as indirect victims entitled to reparation.
- Official data show persistent severity, with ENADID reporting seven in ten women experiencing violence in their lifetime and national reports registering more than 600 femicides annually.
- Research indicates a heavier burden in Indigenous municipalities, with sharper increases during the pandemic and declines from 2021 to 2024 that still leave comparatively high levels.