Grito de Mujer

What Grito de Mujer does

Grito de Mujer® is an international cultural festival project founded in 2011 by Dominican writer and designer Jael Uribe, operated under the non-profit umbrella Movimiento/Fundación Mujeres Poetas Internacional® (MPI) Inc. The core offering is an annual month-long festival held every March (Women's Month) featuring poetry readings, dance, theater, music, and visual arts across approximately 70 countries, with each edition adopting a social theme (e.g., 2025 '¡No es un juego!' on child marriage; 2026 'Sin Fronteras'). Operations are decentralized: headquarters coordinates brand guidelines and volunteer recruitment from the Dominican Republic, while 200+ collaborators and 300+ volunteers independently organize local events through partner cultural institutions, libraries, NGOs, and municipal bodies.

The underlying technology platform is deliberately lightweight: the official site runs on Google's Blogger (www.gritodemujer.com), with outreach conducted through Facebook, Instagram, Twitter/X, TikTok, Threads, and YouTube. Commercial distribution is outsourced to Fourthwall (branded merchandise such as 'No más abusos' apparel) and Amazon (10+ international poetry anthologies including '¡GRITA!', 'Flores del Desierto', 'Faros de Esperanza'). The organization accepts voluntary donations via PayPal and has 6 total employees. The festival has recorded 2,250+ events cumulatively over 15 years and holds language-localized sub-brands (Woman Scream, Cri de Femme, Grido di Donna, Grito de Mulher, Krik Žene, Schrei der Frau).

The business model is non-commercial advocacy: all events are free and open to the public, with no participation fees. Revenue derives entirely from three modest streams — merchandise sales through Fourthwall, book/anthology sales through Amazon, and voluntary donations through PayPal. The organization carries official recognition from UN Women (Generación Igualdad) and the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM-OEA), and has received municipal declarations of interest in jurisdictions such as Salta, Argentina. There are no disclosed funding rounds, external investors, or institutional grants; the organization relies on volunteer contributions, partnership support, and small-scale commercial activities to sustain operations.

Name

Grito de Mujer

Legal name

Mujeres Poetas Internacional MPI Inc.

Website

https://gritodemujer.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Grito de Mujer is a Dominican Republic-based non-profit that operates an annual international poetry and arts festival across 70+ countries every March to raise awareness against violence toward women, funded through donations, merchandise, and book sales via volunteer coordination.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural Arts Advocacy Festival

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events without Facilities (711320), Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers (711510)

akta.pro primary industry

Arts & Culture Community Festivals (Multidisciplinary Arts Weeks) (MPAGAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Spoken-Word Poetry Slams (MPAGACAF), Spoken Word & Performance Poetry Workshops (EDAMAMAM)

Keywords

• International poetry festival
• Women's rights advocacy
• Cultural arts programming
• Gender violence awareness
• Volunteer-led events

Headquarters

HQ city

Santo Domingo

HQ country

Dominican Republic

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Merchandise Sales: The organization sells branded merchandise including apparel through its Fourthwall.com online store. The merchandise line includes items like 'No más abusos' (No More Abuses) branded products.
2. Book and Anthology Sales: Published anthologies and books are sold through Amazon and other online retailers. The organization has published multiple international poetry anthologies including titles like '¡GRITA!', 'Flores del Desierto', 'Faros de Esperanza', 'Frag-mentada', and 'Grito Sin Fronteras'.
3. Donations: The organization accepts donations via PayPal to support festival operations, campaign implementation, and collective projects involving women from all sectors. Donations are voluntary contributions from supporters.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Grito de Mujer is an international annual cultural festival held every March (Women's Month) that brings together poets, artists, musicians, dancers and theater performers across more than 70 countries to raise awareness against gender-based violence and femicide. Organized under Movimiento Mujeres Poetas Internacional (MPI) Inc., the festival operates through volunteer coordinators in each participating country and produces simultaneous free public events under a unified annual theme.

Product overview

Grito de Mujer is a cultural organization operating as an international festival brand focused on women's rights activism through art and poetry. The core offering is the annual Festival Internacional Grito de Mujer, a month-long international event held every March featuring poetry, dance, music, theater, and visual arts across 70+ countries. Supporting products include published anthologies (Antologías) sold through Amazon featuring international female poets and artists, and branded merchandise (GM Shop) sold through Fourthwall. The organization also accepts donations via PayPal and publishes content through YouTube, functioning primarily as an advocacy and cultural programming platform rather than a technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Woman Scream: English language version of the Grito de Mujer festival
• Cri de Femme
• Grido di Donna
• Grito de Mulher
• Krik Žene
• Schrei der Frau
• Editorial Rosado Fucsia

Products and services

• Festival Internacional Grito de Mujer Annual free international cultural festival held in March under a unified theme against gender-based violence, featuring simultaneous poetry readings, music, dance, theater and visual arts in participating countries. Aimed at women poets, artists, and the general public.
• Antologías Grito de Mujer Published poetry anthologies compiling works by women poets participating in the festival, sold through online bookstores for readers and supporters of women-led literary work.
• GM Shop Merchandise Branded merchandise (apparel and accessories) featuring the Grito de Mujer trademark, sold through a Fourthwall online storefront to supporters and festival audiences.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2250+ events organized across 70+ countries over 15 years
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature1 record

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UN Women - Generación IgualdadcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGrito de Mujer forms part of the UN Women Generación Igualdad (Generation Equality) initiative, which is a global campaign to advance women's rights and gender equality. This affiliation provides international legitimacy and alignment with UN global goals for women's empowerment.
• Comisión Interamericana de Mujeres (CIM-OEA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe organization is part of the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM), which is the principal inter-governmental body of the Organization of American States (OAS) dedicated to promoting women's rights. This membership demonstrates the organization's hemispheric recognition.
• Asociación Cultural ANDUXARminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal cultural association in Andújar, Spain that organizes Grito de Mujer events as part of the international movement. ANDUXAR celebrated 10 years of participation within the festival in 2025.
• Casa de la Memoria de la Mujer – Asociación Mujer FamiliaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLocal women's organization in Cajamarca, Peru that co-organizes Grito de Mujer events and provides local support and venue coordination.
• Agrupación de Escritoras Norteñas CajamarcaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAssociation of northern women writers in Cajamarca, Peru that participates in organizing poetry events for the festival.
• Fundación Munay RurunminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFoundation in Salta, Argentina led by Ana Sánchez Vázquez that hosts Grito de Mujer events and coordinates cultural activities including the first edition of the Sororidad Awards.
• Biblioteca de las Grandes NacionesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner organization directed by Xabier Susperregi that collaborated on the international poetry call for entries, developing e-books with selected poems from women poets worldwide.
• Cultura ChacaominorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCultural institution in Caracas, Venezuela that provides venue space (Sala Cabrujas) for Grito de Mujer events free of charge.
• Center for Human ServicesminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOrganization in Patterson, California that collaborated with Grito de Mujer to reach immigrant and farmworker communities through health promoters and cultural programming.
• Dirección Dominicana de Cultura en el ExteriorminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDominican Republic's exterior cultural directorate that supports Grito de Mujer events in international locations including New York and New Jersey.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• UN Women: United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and women's empowerment. Directly comparable as a global women's-rights platform, but is the umbrella institutional affiliation that Grito de Mujer belongs to rather than a competing festival operator.
• Burning Man Project: Non-profit that produces the large-scale community-driven Black Rock City arts event. Comparable in its non-profit structure, decentralized volunteer participation, multidisciplinary arts programming, and registered trademark strategy — though single-location rather than multi-country.

Broad incumbents

• Poetry Foundation: US-based literary organization that publishes Poetry magazine and runs poetry programming and events. Comparable as a global promoter of poetry as a public good, though primarily a publishing and educational institution rather than a decentralized festival operator.
• Edinburgh Festival Fringe: The world's largest multidisciplinary performing arts festival. Comparable in its multi-art-form (poetry, dance, theater, music) free-or-ticketed event model and international artist participation, though at vastly larger scale and as a commercial venue-based festival.
• Hay Festival: Major international literary and arts festival brand operating events in multiple countries (UK, Spain, Colombia, Peru, Mexico). Comparable as a globally recognized literary-arts festival, though commercially structured rather than activism-driven and with paid programming.

Direct peers

• Festival Internacional de Poesía de Medellín: Long-running international poetry festival in Colombia (since 1991) attracting poets from across the Americas and Europe. Highly comparable as a free, large-scale, multi-language poetry festival with international guest poets and similar Latin American cultural activism DNA.
• Take Back the Night Foundation: Non-profit organizing globally coordinated events to end sexual violence, particularly against women. Comparable as a volunteer-driven, multi-country activism event series with free public programming and a mission aligned with Grito de Mujer's anti-violence focus.
• V-Day: Global activist movement founded by Eve Ensler that uses theater and performance art to end violence against women and girls. Closely mirrors Grito de Mujer's model of coordinating decentralized cultural-activist events worldwide around women's rights, with similar volunteer-driven, free-to-public structure.
• One Billion Rising: V-Day's annual mass-action campaign mobilizing people across many countries through coordinated artistic events (dance, performance) against gender-based violence. Directly comparable as a synchronized, multi-country cultural activism event with free public programming.

Regional players

• Festival Internacional de Poesía de Granada: Annual international poetry festival in Nicaragua founded by Ernesto Cardenal. Comparable as a free, internationally focused poetry gathering in the Spanish-speaking world with strong activist/sociopolitical undertones, though centralized in one host country.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/gritodemujer
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@gritodemujer
• Facebookfacebook.com/festivalgritodemujer
• Instagraminstagram.com/gritodemujer
• TikToktiktok.com/@gritodemujer
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gritodemujer

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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