The women finally understood that their participation is important. — Maria (image by Heriberto Rodriguez) Comandante (or Comandata) Ramona was a grandmother living in Mexico City, selling her embroidery in southern Chiapas — until the Zapatistas first came to power in the 1990s. As part of the Zapatista Liberation Army, Ramona mobilized thousands of women to join the indigenous rights movement, until the ZLN was composed of one third women. In 1993, she drafted the "
A Woman to Know: Comandanta Ramona
A Woman to Know: Comandanta Ramona
A Woman to Know: Comandanta Ramona
The women finally understood that their participation is important. — Maria (image by Heriberto Rodriguez) Comandante (or Comandata) Ramona was a grandmother living in Mexico City, selling her embroidery in southern Chiapas — until the Zapatistas first came to power in the 1990s. As part of the Zapatista Liberation Army, Ramona mobilized thousands of women to join the indigenous rights movement, until the ZLN was composed of one third women. In 1993, she drafted the "