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Fondo Semillas (Mujeres Sembrando Igualdad) is a Mexican feminist-driven non-profit organization.[1] For 35 years, this organization which has served as an intermediary resource to support community-based organizations, which would normally struggle in finding adequate funding, by working with international foundations and individual donors to bridge the gap between these grassroot organizations and the funding that they need. [1][2]

History and Origins

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Fondo Semillas' roots date back to the 1960s in Mexico City, where a surge of interest in gender equality emerged among students and activists, specifically young women. While its primary focus was political freedom and not that of gender inequality, this student movement marks a revolutionary battle for change in governmental regime and funding.[1][3]

The Mexican Movement of 1968 (Movimiento de 1968 en México)

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1968 Student movement at the Zócalo Plaza in Mexico City

The Mexican Movement of 1968 in Mexico City was crucial breakthrough for democratic freedoms through the mobilization of university students . A movement mainly run by male students however, this movement and protest served as a significant milestone for questioning women's rights. The more women who participated to support their male classmates/comrades or "compañeros," lead to an increasing realization of the mistreatment and subordination female students and activists faced. This allowed many women to question gender inequality, ultimately changing the trajectory of women in academia during this time.[3]

Student protest in Mexico City in 1968

Founder

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Lucero González is the founder of Fondo Semillas formerly called "The Mexican Society for the Rights of Women AC" formed in 1990.[1] González's activism was deeply rooted in the Women's Liberation Movement (Movimiento de Liberacíon de la Mujer) and the Mexican Movement of 1968 which sparked interest in gender equality.[1] [4] González's was able to establish this organization after receiving a grant from the Global Fund for Women towards the end of the 1980s, allowing Fondo Semillas to be a pivotal financial resource to sustain feminist activism within Mexico.[1] As of 1992, González became a founding member of the Information Group on Reproductive Choice or Grupo de Informacíon Reproduccíon Elegida (GIRE).[4]

Priority Programs

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Indigenous woman from Oaxaca, Mexico

Fondo Semillas has centralized their work around these four fundamental principles; body, land, work, and identities. These focalized programs provide an ongoing path of support with the use of a structural change model[1] seeking to find solutions better equipped to challenge "short-term cures,"[1] in which are often ineffective as they do not answer to critical issues, such as violence, abortion, sexual abuse, and migration, faced by Mexican women and girls.[1]

Body

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The body program

Land

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Work

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Identity

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Transgender pride flag
Intersex pride flag


Funding

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1) funding model (donation based, etc) 2) philanthropy participation (moving past eurocentric philanthropy to decolonial practices)

cross-generational leadership ** bridging the gap between established activists and rising 4th wave of mexican feminism

Impact and Emergency Response

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Map of Mexico

2017 earthquakes (grants rewarded to 5 states in mexico; mexico city, guerrero, morelos, oaxaca and puebla


List of Partners

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Institutional Strengthening Alliances[5]

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  1. AWID (Association for Women's rights and Development).[5]
  2. Prospera (International Network of Women's Funds).[5]

Fund-raising Opportunity Alliances[5]

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  1. Global Fund for Women.[1]
  2. Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice. [6]
  3. Women's Foundation of Minnesota. [1]

Strategic Alliances[5]

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  1. Women's Funding Network.[1]
  2. Latin American Women's Funds Alliance.[1]
  3. Women's Earth Alliance (WEA).[7]
  4. 17, Institution de Estudios Críticos.[6]

Tactical Alliances[5]

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  1. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).[8]
  2. Oxfam Mexico.[8]
  3. Ambulante.[8]
  4. Càntaro Azul Foundation.[8]

Lobbying Alliances[5]

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  1. UnidOSC. [5]
  2. Frente contra la Impunidad.[5]
  3. StopIGM.org.[6]

Grantee-Partner Alliances [1]

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  1. Brújula Intersexual.[2][6]
  2. Las Borders.[2]
  3. The Guardians of Estero El Conchalito.[2]
  4. Las Reinas Chulas.[8]
  5. Nduva Ndandi A.C.[2]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Day, Jen Lowman (2019-10-02). "Mujeres Sembrando Igualdad (Women Sowing Equality) in Mexico – Women's Foundation of Minnesota". Women's Foundation of Minnesota. Archived from the original on 2026-01-21. Retrieved 2026-03-28.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Hargrove, Jade (2023-06-27). "#GivingTuesday: How Fondo Semillas Fights For Gender Equality Across Mexico". Jetset Times. Retrieved 2026-03-28.
  3. 1 2 Boils, Guillermo (2018). "The 1968 Student Movement And Gender Equality". Voices of Mexico (106): 55–58.
  4. 1 2 "Project MUSE -- Verification required!". muse.jhu.edu. doi:10.1353/jowh.2022.0016. Retrieved 2026-03-31.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Fondo Semillas. (2016). Fondo Semillas: Wheel of Change, Evaluation of Strategic Planning (2016-2018).
  6. 1 2 3 4 Alcántara, Eva; Inter, Laura; Flores, Frida; Narváez-Pichardo, Carlos (2024-08-08). "Brújula Intersexual: Working Strategies, the Emergence of the Mexican Intersex Community, and Its Relationship with the Intersex Movement". Social Sciences. 13 (8): 414. doi:10.3390/socsci13080414. ISSN 2076-0760.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  7. ↑ siteadmin (2014-07-09). "WEA and Fondo Semillas Support Indigenous Women Leaders". Womens Earth Alliance. Retrieved 2026-03-28.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Fondo Semillas. (2020). Women rebuilding their communities: Evaluation & learnings. How to build resilient communities?

Further Readings

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https://semillas.org.mx/en/publications/

http://www.revistascisan.unam.mx/Voices/no106.php

https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/democraciaabierta/las-mujeres-del-movimiento-estudiantil-del-68-en-m%C3%A9xico-en/

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