Changing the narratives: humanitarian, legal and political accompaniment for women in transit through Mexico

Abstract: This paper, based on a research about practices of humanitarian, juridical and legal accompaniment of persons in different situations of migration in Mexico, aims to problematize the absence of female voices. Taking this issue as a starting point, it analyzes the strategies of three Mexican organizations by which they articulate the enhancement of visibility of migrant women as a group with specific needs, with accompaniment practices that try to enhance their autonomy in front of government agencies, but also their families and partners. I hope that these empirically based reflections contribute, on the one hand, to increasingly precise analytical descriptions regarding the "specifically feminist" of certain accompaniment practices and promotion of the human right to safe migration. On the other hand, that they contribute to clarify what are basic material and symbolic conditions for women in situation of displacement to participate in the collective definition of their needs and demands.

摘要：本文基于针对墨西哥境内不同处境移民群体的人道主义、司法及法律帮扶实践开展的研究，旨在剖析女性声音缺失的议题。以此为切入点，本文对墨西哥三家相关组织的帮扶策略展开分析：这些机构的策略兼顾两点，一是将移民女性作为具有特定需求的群体加以关注，提升其社会可见度；二是通过帮扶实践，助力移民女性在面对政府机构、乃至自身家庭与伴侣时提升自主性。笔者期望，这些基于实证的反思一方面能够为解析部分帮扶实践的「女性主义特质」以及推动安全移民人权保障工作，提供愈发精准的分析阐释；另一方面，亦能帮助厘清流离失所女性群体参与共同界定自身需求与诉求所需的基本物质与符号性条件。