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Sociedad Mexicana Pro Derechos de la Mujer

MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective Institutions Recipient:: View Recipient Profile

$150,000Active Strategy

2012 (Inactive Grant)

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO — Sociedad Mexicana pro Derechos de la Mujer will organize international exchanges for organizations specializing in maternal and reproductive health from Mexico, India and Nigeria, to share strategies for holding governments accountable on these issues. A meeting in Oaxaca, Mexico, in early 2012 and follow-up exchanges will provide opportunities to share examples from these and other countries and help prepare for 2015 â the target date for the completion of the Millennium Development Goals. Some funds will support the ICPD+20 review by the Latin American and Caribbean Women's Health Network, with a special focus on Mexico.
$750,000Active Strategy

2010 (Inactive Grant)

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO — To purchase office space and contribute to an endowment (over two years).
$700,000Active Strategy

2010 (Duration 3 years)

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO — To strengthen local capacity and organizing to decrease maternal mortality in rural indigenous areas of Mexico (over three years).

The MacArthur Foundation awarded Sociedad Mexicana Pro Derechos de la Mujer $1,600,000 between 2009 and 2012.