Devoted, dogged, defiant: the Mexican women who ‘sow the seeds of struggle’
Photographer Mahé Elipe has been taking pictures of women across Mexico since 2018 as part of her project Sembrando Luchas (Those Who Sow the Seeds of Struggle), which aims to highlight the lives and challenges of women young and old. She says: ‘The need to delve deeper arises from the desire to account for the commitment of Mexican women in all social struggles, those that generate an impact and become a source of inspiration for all others’
- Words and photographs by Mahé Elipe
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