The Zapatista movement has allowed indigenous women to move into new roles and positions of authority. Many frequently asked questions were about the women in the Chiapas and how have women’s roles changed in the Zapatista communities. The roles of women across the different indigenous communities differ greatly. There are many significant differences between women who live away from their communities in military camps and those women who live in their home communities.
Women were among the pioneers who cleared the land, built houses and harvested coffee in the 1960’s. In the 70’s and 80’s they developed other skills that proved important roles in community as leaders. Men and women spent their days apart, men worked in the corn and coffee fields while women gathered fire wood, delivered food to the men and attended domestic animals and children.
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As you have stated these Zapatista women have made a clear change to that traditional expected gender role. We see that these females stand up and do what they believe. We see that they too work as hard as the male gender and do need those equal rights.
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