Drawing on her experience organizing and defending the rights of women workers in the San Quintín Valley, Abelina Ramírez brought the priorities of women farmworkers to the process that will define Mexican policy on business and human rights. 

Women's participation in the agricultural sector took center stage at the VII Symposium on Agricultural Social Responsibility, organized by the Mexican Association of Protected Horticulture (AMHPAC) and the International Fruit and Vegetable Alliance for the Promotion of Social Responsibility (AHIFORES). 

Sara is a Nahua woman from the mountains of Guerrero. She has been migrating her whole life. In her own words: "Since I was born, I never knew what childhood was, what it was to be a teenager. We were [...]

For years, the organizations that accompany migrant agricultural workers in Mexico have brought the same hard-to-counter argument to the same set of tables: Mexican agriculture exports more than 50 billion dollars a year (Banxico, SIE CE122, 2024), is the world's [...]

PERIPLO, together with allied organizations, is advancing people-centered human rights due diligence in the agri-food sector, starting from the moment that shapes much of working conditions: recruitment.  The labor of migrant farmworkers sustains much of the food that reaches our [...]

The agricultural industry is a cornerstone of the economy in Latin America and the Caribbean, but it faces structural challenges when it comes to human rights and environmental sustainability. Human rights due diligence is key to preventing and mitigating negative [...]