Otros Mundos Chiapas

Otros Mundos Chiapas

Otros Mundos A.C.

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

Environment & ClimateHuman rightsGender equalityWater & Sanitation
AssociationNational reach
Profile last updated: August 18, 2026

About

Otros Mundos Chiapas is a non-profit association based in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico working on environment & climate, human rights, gender equality +2 more.

Otros Mundos A.C. is a Mexican non-profit civil association based in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas. An interdisciplinary collective, it works to defend land and territory against extractivist megaprojects and promotes human rights, environmental sustainability, indigenous rights and gender perspective. Its work spans education, analysis and communication, territorial defence, and the Alter Natos ecological centre, operating at state, national and regional levels and collaborating with social movements and networks. It is funded by international cooperation agencies, civil society donations and the communities it supports, and declares independence from political, business and religious interests.

Location

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico

Organisation type

Association

Legal form

A.C.

Legal name

Otros Mundos A.C.

Focus areas

territorial defenceextractivismhuman rightsenvironmental justicefeminismChiapasMexico

Languages

ESEN

Causes & programmes

Causes

Environment & ClimateHuman rightsGender equalityWater & SanitationCommunity development

Works for

CommunitiesIndigenous peoplesWomen & Girls

How they work

Awareness & educationAdvocacy & campaigningResearchCommunity programmesCapacity building

Programmes

Alter Natos

Environment & Climate · Mexico

Ecological and community centre in San Cristóbal de las Casas promoting alternative, sustainable ways of living from a feminist perspective, linked to social movements.

El Escaramujo

Human rights · Mexico

Series of analytical documents and radio programme produced by Otros Mundos on social, environmental and territorial issues.

Countries of operation

Mexico

Funding & support

Funded by

GrantsIndividual donations

Ways to support

Donate

Credentials & affiliations

Industry memberships

Federación de Amigos de la Tierra InternacionalCoalición de Organizaciones Mexicanas por el Derecho al AguaRed Mexicana de Afectados por la MineríaRed Contra los Monocultivos de ÁrbolesRed Latinoamericana contra las Presas y en Defensa de los RíosConvergencia de Movimientos de los Pueblos de las AméricasJubileo Sur/AméricasGrito de los ExcluidosBank On Human RightsRed Internacional para los derechos Económicos, Sociales y CulturalesPacto Cero Violencia contra las Mujeres

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