Mujeres Trabajando Women's Collective Is Now Transforming Hip-Hop in Mexico Giovanna Salazar - Global Voices
go to original January 23, 2016

Performance during International Women's Day and the sixth anniversary of the collective held on March 8, 2015. (Giulia Iacolutti/Mujeres Trabajando)

The hip-hop scene in Mexico has been rattled up by the collective Mujeres Trabajando (Women at Work), who, since 2009, have used their music, poetry, visual art, and dance to gain a foothold in an environment where misogyny and male machismo prevail.

The multidisciplinary collective arose as the brainchild of Jezzy P and Ximbo. Nowadays, the group is comprised of twelve artists, coming from all across Mexico, who specialize in any one of the basic elements of hip-hop.

Some of their main activities include organizing concerts, breakdance demonstrations, exhibitions of graffiti, and other visual arts, such as photography and spoken-word poetry readings, as well as delivering workshops in DIY fashion tailoring through which they seek to boost a culture of recycling and supporting individual feminine expression.

The following video shows a recap of their first event:



In a country where violence against women is widespread (from 2012 to 2013, at least 3,892 women were killed, according to Mexico's National Citizens Observatory on Femicides), the Mujeres Trabajando collective has established itself as a relevant space to publicize women's artistic expression, challenging stereotypes and confronting gender discrimination.

Undoubtedly, their work is a benchmark for the empowerment of women in hip-hop culture and, by extension, in Mexican society.

You can find more information about their work on their official blog and on social media: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Translated by Lisa Golden Tio

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