Child Sexual Violence in Mexico: Justice Pathways in the Digital Era

By: Ayelén Amigo, Gender Equity Team

What is happening with sexual violence in digital spaces against girls and adolescents in Mexico? And what pathways, lessons, and strategies can we build from civil society to confront it with justice and dignity?

Parting from these urgent questions, Mexican organizations Yo te Creo A.C., SPES Viva, Lúminas Centro de Derechos Humanos A.C., and Las Sabinas came together to co-create the event "Child Sexual Violence in Mexico: Justice Pathways in the Digital Era."

The panel, presented on March 16, 2026, in New York as part of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70), was made possible, as the organizations themselves noted, by a collective commitment to strengthening feminist leadership that, every day, confronts sexual violence and defends the right of children and adolescents to inhabit safe digital spaces.

This gathering of regional and multilateral actors, that HIP was invited to moderate, not only named the scale of the problem, but centered survivors and their paths toward justice. In a horizontal conversation designed around recovering the work and advocacy experiences of the organizations themselves, participants addressed the challenges to effective access to justice, the unavoidable co-responsibility of major digital platforms, and the urgent need to build protective environments that prevent and respond to sexual violence online.

More than a panel, it was a collective call to listen, to act, and to not leave those who experience these violences alone.

This gathering also reflects a shared journey: all of the organizations are part of the LILAS Fund, a HIP initiative that accompanies Latin American organizations working on the prevention of sexual violence against children and adolescents, as well as the strengthening of processes for access to justice and accountability. It was precisely in that shared space where affinities, common concerns, and above all, the opportunity to work together emerged. That is how this partnership and the drive to build a collective process that could transcend siloes emerged.

In the face of digital sexual violence, the response cannot be individual or fragmented: it must be collective, coordinated, and sustained. This gathering is proof of that: when similar movements converge, the possibilities for justice multiply.

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