This timeline offers a preliminary look into feminist interventions of public spaces in Mexico City as means of denouncing gender-based violence. The photographs of graffiti art produced in the context of International Women's Day (8M) visualize a temporality that illustrates creation and erasure.
Timeline
Table of Events
| Date | Event | Created by |
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| June 2012 | Incorporation of "feminicidio" into Mexico's penal code."Feminicidio," defined as the murder of women by men because of their gender, was typified as a crime in Mexico's penal code system in 2012. |
Sarah Revilla Sanchez |
Inauguration of the Antimonument "La glorieta de las mujeres que luchan"On September 2021, the Christopher Columbus monument along Paseo de la Reforma Avenue was replaced with a purple silhouette of a woman. This public space was re-signified as an antimonument that recognizes feminist movements and the fight for social justice. Picture taken by Sarah Revilla on February 2025. |
Sarah Revilla Sanchez | |
| March 8, 2026 | 8M Anti-violence DemonstrationsThe most recent iteration of International Women's Day took place on Sunday, March 8th, 2026. |
Sarah Revilla Sanchez |
| March 9, 2026 | Post 8M Public ArtZócalo square in Mexico City before being wiped clean.
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Sarah Revilla Sanchez |