Volunteers
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We have a volunteer residence program for national and international students who show an interest in collaborating with the promotion and consolidation of sexual and reproductive rights and women´s health and willing to work in rural communities.
We are affiliated with national and international universities. We offer students the possibility of participating in professional practices in a wide range of disciplines which are related to the problems and current situation of women and adolescents:
- Public Health
- Professional Midwifery
- Nursing
- Medicine
- Psychology
- Rural Sociology
- International Development
- Human Development
- Film
- Gender Studies
- Social Communications
- Fundraising
Claudia Salguero Gómez: Art
Therapist, Perinatal Therapist, and Doula. Spain
I have
lived at Mujeres Aliadas for a month with the purpose of filming and
documenting what happens at the birthing house and the work the organization
does. It has been a wonderful experience, first because I felt very welcomed by
the entire team (both from the Midwives and the School), and second because I
was able to participate in all the activities that took place: consultations,
births, and workshops. Additionally, the place is a paradise.
My impression is that
the social work carried out by Mujeres Aliadas is essential for the development
of the region in terms of gender and education, and that the experience of
volunteering there is a privilege.
Coline Leonard. Graduate student, specialized in Gender, Development and Healthcare Studies, at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) in Paris (France).
I had the opportunity to stay for 4 months in Mujeres Aliadas, as a volunteer. I came to carry out my master degree’s thesis, and got involved with Mujeres Aliadas in order to give back time and work, since the executive team shared with me information, knowledge and warm moments.
My stay here allowed me to study the hybrid model of care that was developed to improve and extend the access to sexual and reproductive healthcare for inhabitants of Lake Pátzcuaro and the Purhépecha Highlands. I could analyze the dynamics that emerged around such healthcare model, as well as the political implications regarding sexual and reproductive rights of indigenous women within midwifery spaces.
Volunteers