CIMAC

CIMAC — Comunicación e Información de la Mujer A.C. — is a Mexican civil association founded in 1988 by a group of communication professionals to generate and publish information with a gender perspective on the situation of women and to make women's human rights visible in everyday journalistic work. It is widely recognized as a pioneer of feminist, independent and investigative journalism in Mexico. Its news agency arm, Cimacnoticias, specializes in human rights and gender perspective and is headquartered in Mexico City. The organization's mission, as stated on its official site, is to generate content, information and evidence on the human-rights situation of women; to promote the training, organization and participation of women journalists so they can practice their profession free of violence and discrimination; and to contribute to the comprehensive protection of women journalists against risks that threaten their safety, freedom and integrity. CIMAC works on the media-and-gender agenda to incorporate a gender perspective into media, expose violations of women's human rights, and build narratives supporting the right to a life free of violence for all. CIMAC's work areas include training, networks and freedom of expression, strategies (consulting for civil-society organizations, journalists and communication specialists to strategically incorporate a gender perspective in media), and the multimedia agency Cimacnoticias, which produces text, audio, video and photography. Cimacnoticias distributes information through subscription lists reaching more than 5,000 people with daily and weekly news services; its content is picked up by 260 media outlets in 28 Mexican states and by 87 international media outlets in 22 countries. CIMAC also monitors the situation of children in Mexico and promotes the Mexican News Agency for Children's Rights, which has published reports monitoring five national newspapers (El Sol de México, El Universal, La Jornada, Milenio, Reforma) on childhood and adolescence issues including education, violence, sexual abuse and exploitation, maternal health and gender inequality. CIMAC organizes and participates in forums, courses and workshops to raise gender-perspective awareness among journalists and institutions, and monitors the situation of women journalists in Mexico. It also promotes the National University Journalism Contest with a Gender Equality Perspective. In 2015 it won the Género y Justicia contest in the documentary category for "Ni una más." Its first director was Mexican journalist Sara Lovera; from 2005 to January 2026 the agency was directed by Lucía Lagunes Huerta, and from January 2026 the direction is assumed by Cirenia Celestino Ortega.

CIMAC was founded as a civil association in 1988 by Isabel Barranco Lagunas, Patricia Camacho, Yoloxóchitl Casas Chousal, Elvira Hernández, Josefina Hernández, Isabel Inclán, Sara Lovera López, Paz Muñoz and Perla Oropeza. They set out with the mission of publishing news information on the social condition of women, ensuring the incorporation of a gender perspective and women's human rights. The organization is described as a pioneer of feminist, independent and investigative journalism in Mexico. Its first director was the Mexican journalist Sara Lovera. From 2005 to January 2026 the agency was directed by Lucía Lagunes Huerta; from January 2026 the direction is assumed by Cirenia Celestino Ortega. Over the decades CIMAC developed several work areas: training, networks and freedom of expression, strategies (consulting for civil-society organizations, journalists and communication specialists to strategically incorporate a gender perspective in media), and the multimedia agency Cimacnoticias, which produces text, audio, video and photography. Cimacnoticias distributes information through subscription lists reaching more than 5,000 people with daily and weekly news services; its content is picked up by 260 media outlets in 28 Mexican states and by 87 international media outlets in 22 countries. CIMAC also monitors the situation of children in Mexico and promotes the Mexican News Agency for Children's Rights, which has published reports monitoring five national newspapers (El Sol de México, El Universal, La Jornada, Milenio, Reforma) on childhood and adolescence issues including education, violence, sexual abuse and exploitation, maternal health and gender inequality. It organizes and participates in forums, courses and workshops to raise gender-perspective awareness among journalists and institutions, and monitors the situation of women journalists in Mexico. It also promotes the National University Journalism Contest with a Gender Equality Perspective. In 2015 it won the Género y Justicia contest in the documentary category for "Ni una más." Among its publications are "Las alzadas" (1997, coordinated by Sara Lovera and Nellys Palomo), "Hacia la construcción de un periodismo no sexista" (2009, second edition 2011), and "Informe diagnóstico sobre la violencia contra las mujeres periodistas" (Mexico 2010–2011).

• 2026

  Cirenia Celestino Ortega assumes direction of the agency in January.

• 2015

  Won the Género y Justicia contest in the documentary category for "Ni una más."

• 2010

  Publication of "Informe diagnóstico sobre la violencia contra las mujeres periodistas" (Mexico 2010–2011).

• 2009

  Publication of "Hacia la construcción de un periodismo no sexista" (second edition 2011).

• 2005

  Lucía Lagunes Huerta becomes director of the agency.

• 1997

  Publication of "Las alzadas," coordinated by Sara Lovera and Nellys Palomo.

• 1988

  CIMAC founded as a civil association in Mexico by a group of communication professionals.

Pioneering independent feminist journalism and news agency in Mexico, focused on women's human rights and gender perspective.

• Cimacnoticias news agency

  Multimedia agency producing text, audio, video and photography with a gender and human-rights perspective.

• Training and workshops

  Specialization of journalism and communication with a gender and women's human-rights perspective.

• Media monitoring

  Daily monitoring of media discourses to identify narratives on women's human rights.

• Protection for women journalists

  Documentation, comprehensive accompaniment and defense of the human rights of women journalists.

1. 1CIMAC ORG – Comunicación e Información de la mujercimac.org.mx
2. 2CIMAC – Wikipedia (Spanish)es.wikipedia.org
3. 3Wikidata Q28501889wikidata.org