The first collection for her label, 'Soldaderas', raises funds for domestic violence survivors in her home country.
hotlines were fake, and in a series of austerity measures has slashed the budget for the National Institute for Women almost entirely. He has suggested withdrawing funding for women’s shelters run by NGOs, offering survivors cash payments instead.
Galvanised by the threat to their livelihood, feminists in Mexico have taken to the streets in record numbers wearing purple — chanting and tweeting, “Ni Una Menos” or “Not One Less”. After International Women’s Day there was a nationwide strike called “a day without us,” that used the absence of women to highlight the staggering levels of domestic violence — totalling an average of ten women killed each day.
Sabrina knows all too well how stifled you can feel as a woman in Mexico — she didn’t take public transport until she was 25, and living in New York was the first time she felt truly safe. She sees a connection between Las Soldaderas and the women she sees fighting for their freedom today. Her own exploration into Mexican feminism one summer, led her to the work of Elena Poniatowska, who exposed the social and political treatment of the disenfranchised in society, especially women and the poor. Her testimonial narratives were based on both historical facts and the accounts of marginalised people and include an archival photo book called.
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