Since December 2014, more than forty people from the Mazatec community of Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón, Oaxaca, have been persecuted and/or detained on trumped-up charges, without conclusive evidence, and subjected to legal proceedings that violate due process. Torture and ill-treatment have been used. The families have worked tirelessly to seek justice and peace. Women are at the forefront of this struggle.

The perspectives of justice, gender, and intersectionality offer a critical view of dominant discourses and actions and, in their place, propose transformative measures. It is not enough to change energy sources if the political, economic, and cultural structures that perpetuate inequality, discrimination, and exclusion remain intact. A just energy transition requires rethinking the ways we produce and consume, as well as our relationships with nature and with one another.

It is about imagining and building a future where energy is not a market commodity, but a right linked to dignity, equality, and the care of life. It is within this vision that feminist, environmental, and community struggles converge.

This report compiles the approach, experiences, and reflections that emerged from four discussion groups held with women from organized civil society, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), collectives, academia, and independent professionals (e.g., consultants), as well as all those who, with varying levels of theoretical and technical expertise on the subject, wished to participate and contribute.