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Witness History: Campaigning for Mexico's women with disabilities

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Campaigning for Mexico's women with disabilities

25/08/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Campaigning for Mexico's women with disabilities

Activist Maryangel Garcia-Ramos on the struggle faced by Mexico's disabled women

Activist Maryangel Garcia-Ramos speaks about the struggle faced by Mexico's disabled women, who she calls "the forgotten sisters."

In the mid 2000s disability campaigners in Mexico were stepping up their efforts to secure changes in laws and attitudes in their country. They faced indifference from politicians and business leaders, and stereotypical portrayals in the media. For the estimated 4.3 million women with disabilities in Mexico, the situation was even more difficult. Maryangel Garcia-Ramos, who has become one of her country's leading disability activists, tells Mike Lanchin about her own personal struggle and the battle for recognition for women with disabilities, who she calls "the forgotten sisters."

Photo:Maryangel Garcia-Ramos at UN headquarters, New York, June 2019 (courtesy of Maryangel Garcia-Ramos)

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