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Inés Fernández and the Me’phaa Ambassadors in Guerrero, Mexico: As Related to Julia Zulver by Inés Fernández and the Ambassadors
Guerrero, Mexico, (MEX).
Swedish Defence University, Department of War Studies, Functions and Perspective Division.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2267-8237
2025 (English)In: Brave Women: Fighting for Justice in the 21st Century / [ed] Julia Zulver; Kiran Stallone, Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025, p. 23-35Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

We are often told stories where the powerless are ignored, marginalized, or further victimized by those actors who hold social, economic, and political power. However, every once in a while, the Davids win the fights against the Goliaths. Such is the case of Inés Fernández, a Me’phaa Indigenous woman from the mountains of rural Guerrero, Mexico. After being abused by Mexican soldiers, Inés managed to take her case to the highest court in the region—the Inter-American Court of Human Rights—and emerge successful. Her unremitting quest for justice took her far beyond the town limits of Ayutla; she was able to tell her story of violence—and resistance—before some of the most important legal decision-makers in Latin America. A woman of small stature and few words, Inés represents fuerza (strength) and lucha (struggle) for her rights and the rights of other women fighting for a life free from violence in rural Mexico. Now, she dedicates her life to supporting other Indigenous women resist and report gender-based violence. This chapter documents Inés’ story of resistance and ongoing violence, as she told it to Julia Zulver over a series of long-form interviews.

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Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. p. 23-35
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URN: urn:nbn:se:fhs:diva-14062DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-70702-5_3ISBN: 978-3-031-70701-8 (print)ISBN: 978-3-031-70702-5 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:fhs-14062DiVA, id: diva2:1995366
Available from: 2025-09-05 Created: 2025-09-05 Last updated: 2025-11-28Bibliographically approved

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