This article discusses the effects of the ambiguous recognition of indigenous law in Mexico on the struggles of indigenous women to ensure that their rights are respected. It argues that formal legal recognition of indigenous autonomies and legal pluralism in Mexico is weak and ambiguous: state authorities intervene selectively against indigenous authorities to champion the human rights of indigenous women when it is to their political advantage. Yet policies of economic development and security violate human rights and expose men and women to greater harm exercised by highly militarized and racist forms of state power.
(2018) “Pluralismo jurídico y los derechos de las mujeres indígenas en México: Las ambigüedades de su reconocimiento” in Roger Merino and Areli Valencia (eds.), Descolonizar el Derecho. Pueblos indígenas, derechos humanos y Estado plurinacional. Palestra: Lima ISBN: 9786123250270