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WHO WE ARE
In-Country Staff |
Program Manager Miriam Ruiz Mendoza has been working for women, their rights and health for more than 15 years in Mexico. Her experience began in childbirth education and midwifery. She worked for nine years at CIMAC, a civil society organization that aims to put women’s issues at the front page of the national and local media. She reported on health and other issues, coordinated the international news agency, supported activists media campaigns, and trained and fostered networks among journalists. She also managed projects and created the institutional development area of CIMAC. Miriam was a visiting scholar at the Human Rights Advocate Program (HRAP) at Columbia University, where she mastered her skills in campaigning and fundraising. She has been extensively published in printed media around Latin America. She is co-author of “Women and Elections 2000” and “Change Without Direction.” Miriam Ruiz studied Humanities at Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana. |
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Master Trainer Livia Olvera Snyder is from Mexico City. She has a degree in social psychology and has studied group processes, communication, consensus, education for peace, non-violent conflict resolution, facilitation, and holistic healing. She holds a Women’s Leadership diploma from the Simone de Beavoir Institute in Montreal, Canada, and she trained in the International Institute of Facilitation and Consensus as a group facilitator. Livia has held several NGO workshops in topics such as women's rights, health, and environmental issues. She has also organized and participated in independent cultural efforts in events and festivals, and she has facilitated group processes and strategic planning meetings. |
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Participants
| The Komen Global Initiative conducts workshops based on the Course for the Cure™ training modules. The
participants in these workshops are nurses, breast cancer survivors, NGO workers, and other who are in positions to spread awareness to the general population of Mexico. See profiles of participants in the Global Initiative – Mexico |
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PARTNERSHIPS
Lead Partner Organization:Asociación Mexicana contra el Cáncer de Mama, A.C., Fundación Cim*ab
The Asociación Mexicana contra el Cáncer de Mama, A.C., Fundación Cim*ab, is a non-profit, non-governmental
organization established in 2002 to disseminate up-to-date information and give hope to Mexican women
suffering from breast cancer. Its principal mission is to prompt a change in the way breast cancer is regarded in
Mexico, to increase the number of early detections and in so doing reduce the mortality rate. Cim*ab is also a
meeting point for breast cancer survivors and offers alternatives for a better life. Over the past five years, Cim*ab
has launched important breast health education and mass media campaigns. Given that more than 60 percent of
breast cancer cases in Mexico are diagnosed at a late stage, gravely reducing chances for survival, Cim*ab’s
goal is to overturn this statistic through these campaigns, as well as encourage women to have yearly
mammograms and conduct monthly self-examinations. Providing emotional support to breast cancer survivors is
also an important part of Cim*ab’s mission.
Partnership for Breast Cancer Awareness and Research of the Americas
The Latin American countries involved in the Global Initiative
comprise part of the Partnership for Breast Cancer
Awareness and Research of the Americas, which unites
experts from the U.S., Brazil, Costa Rica, and Mexico in the
fight against breast cancer. This is a locally-led effort to
increase early detection and reduce mortality through
improved awareness, increased clinical resources, and
world-class research. The partners will work together to build
capacity in the region focusing on the areas of awarenessbuilding,
grassroots advocacy support, research, training,
community outreach and women’s empowerment.The Partnership includes: the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and the local partners in each country.
STATISTICS
| Mexico is a country of sharp disparities in income and healthcare standards. 40 percent of Mexico’s population is below the poverty line, and about a quarter of the Mexican population lives in rural areas. Nearly half the population lacks health insurance. Poverty (especially in rural areas) and lack of awareness about breast cancer present major barriers to widespread screening and early detection. |
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With just over 500 mammography units in the country, many Mexican women lack access to regular screening—especially those in rural areas and those without health insurance. Breast cancer rates tend to be highest in the northern regions bordering the United States, as well as in Mexico City, and the states of Mexico, Jalisco, and Aguascalientes. According to official figures, 4,200 Mexican women die from breast cancer each year, and breast cancer incidence has been quickly rising over the last six years. It is projected to surpass cervical cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths by 2010. |
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