For women, building a different society requires transgressing existing norms - resisting, pushing the envelope, crossing the line - both in private and public spheres, to overcome discrimination. But women's social and political actions and contributions are often invisible to the public eye, just as women's priorities have all but disappeared from public agendas. The Observatorio de Transgresión Feminista is an alternative political organizing and media strategy that mobilizes in-person and virtual solidarity. Active partners Radio Feminista and the Nobel Women's Initiative help to spotlight and reinforce women's transformative roles and local actions in struggles across Mesoamerica. JASS provides local, regional and global solidarity, while the Petateras and the Observatorios command increasing attention and mobilize ever-greater numbers.
Observatorios have drawn crucial media and political attention to feminist voices on:
the 2006 Nicaraguan presidential elections, a hunger strike against Ortega's anti-feminism by Sandinista veteran Dora Maria Tellez, and the ongoing backlash against women activists
Oaxacan women in resistance in 2007
the 2007 "No Campaign" in Costa Rica against the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)
the 2008 International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, and in particular the Southern African feminists there
ongoing support to indigenous land-rights activists in Atenco, Mexico, including a high-profile visit by Nobel laureate, Jody Williams
in May 2009, through a fact-finding mission and report, the situation of violence against women in Guatemala (see the JASS monitor and video)
in 2009 an intensified solidarity campaign with Honduran Feminists in Resistance after the June 28th coup, including an online monitor, international demonstrations, and lobbying (see the JASS monitor and video).
