Instituto Chihuahuense de las Mujeres

What Instituto Chihuahuense de las Mujeres does

The Instituto Chihuahuense de las Mujeres (ICHMUJERES) is a decentralized public organism of the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, established with management autonomy, legal personality, and its own patrimony to implement public policies promoting the integral development of women under principles of equality, equity, and interculturality. Headquartered in Chihuahua City with a staff of approximately 70 employees, the institute coordinates statewide gender policy and delivers a portfolio of services free of charge to beneficiaries, with no commercial revenue model.

The organization's core service infrastructure consists of 11 CAVIM (Centros de Atención a la Violencia contra las Mujeres) centers providing integrated psychological, legal, and social work support across major municipalities including Chihuahua, Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, Parral, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Creel, Guachochi, Camargo, Ojinaga, Madera, and Morelos. Complementing this is a network of 283 Puntos Naranja (safe spaces) deployed across 24 municipalities in government offices, hotels, and businesses for immediate psychological first aid. Additional programs include Juntas Podemos Ahorrar (a discount card program with partner pharmacies and retailers), a Workplace Violence Unit, gender education and sensitization programs, specialized support for families of feminicide victims, and a 089 emergency hotline.

ICHMUJERES is funded entirely through government budget allocations from the State of Chihuahua and reports to the State Congress. During the current administration it has reported attending more than 35,000 women via CAVIM, training over 110,000 people in violence prevention, and certifying 700+ public servants in gender sensitization. The organization's distribution strategy combines physical service centers, institutional partnerships for safe-space deployment, and direct outreach to government and private sector employers.

Name

Instituto Chihuahuense de las Mujeres

Legal name

Instituto Chihuahuense de las Mujeres

Website

https://institutochihuahuensedelasmujeres.gob.mx

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

The Instituto Chihuahuense de las Mujeres is a decentralized state government organism in Chihuahua, Mexico, coordinating gender policy and delivering free violence-response, legal, psychological, and welfare services to women statewide through 11 CAVIM centers, 283 Puntos Naranja safe spaces, and education programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Gender Policy Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Rights (BPADAGAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment (BPAGABAF)

Keywords

• Gender violence prevention
• Women's social services
• Psychosocial support services
• Legal advisory services
• Public gender policy

Headquarters

HQ city

Chihuahua

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: As a decentralized public organism of the State of Chihuahua, the institute operates entirely on government budget allocations and public funds. No commercial revenue generation is pursued.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Instituto Chihuahuense de las Mujeres (ICHMUJERES) is a decentralized public organism of the State of Chihuahua that coordinates and implements gender policy statewide. It delivers free, comprehensive services to women through 11 CAVIM centers (violence response with psychological, legal, and social work support), 283 Puntos Naranja safe spaces, workplace violence advisory, gender education and sensitization programs, and the Juntas Podemos Ahorrar economic support program.

Product overview

The Instituto Chihuahuense de las Mujeres operates as a decentralized public organization providing a multi-service ecosystem centered on women's rights and gender equality. The core offerings include CAVIM (violence response centers with social work, psychological, and legal services), Punto Naranja (safe spaces for immediate support), Juntas Podemos Ahorrar (discount card program), specialized units for workplace violence cases and femicide victim families, and gender education/sensitization programs. All services are provided free of charge across 11 regional centers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CAVIM: Centros de Atención a la Violencia contra las Mujeres — comprehensive care centers for women victims of violence, offering psychological, legal, and social work services, with 11 locations across Chihuahua state.
• Punto Naranja
• Juntas Podemos Ahorrar
• CAVIM Hotline

Products and services

• CAVIM (Centros de Atención a la Violencia contra las Mujeres) Comprehensive violence response centers providing integrated support including social work, psychological care, and legal assistance for women victims of violence. The institute operates 11 CAVIM centers across Chihuahua, Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Creel, Parral, Guachochi, Morelos, Camargo, Ojinaga, and Madera.
• Punto Naranja Safe spaces established in government agencies, hotels, and businesses that provide immediate psychological first aid and emergency support for women in dangerous situations. The program has deployed 283 Puntos Naranja across 24 municipalities.
• Juntas Podemos Ahorrar Discount card program offering savings at pharmacies, supermarkets, clothing stores, and other participating businesses to support household economies of women and families in Chihuahua.
• Unidad de Atención a Casos de Violencia Laboral Legal advisory, accompaniment, and representation services for cases of workplace discrimination, sexual harassment, and abuse, including specialized training for public officials and private companies.
• Educación y Sensibilización en Género Educational programs and training workshops covering gender concepts, violence prevention, sexual harassment, masculinities, menstrual health, peace culture, empowerment, and digital violence. Includes Cine Diálogo and Cuenta Cuentos activities; trained over 700 public servants during 8M Sensitization Journeys.
• Unidad de Atención a Familiares Directos de Víctimas de Feminicidio Comprehensive support initiative for direct family members of femicide victims providing legal and psychological counseling, economic assistance, scholarships, and employment opportunities in Chihuahua, Juárez, Parral, and Delicias.

Quantifiable outcome

• 283 Puntos Naranja established in 24 municipalities providing immediate safety support
• +3 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Instituto de las Mujeres del Estado de México: State-level women's institute in Estado de México, structurally identical to ICHMUJERES — decentralized public organism providing legal, psychological, and economic support to women across the state. Most direct operational peer given shared mandate and service model.
• Instituto Sonorense de las Mujeres: Another Mexican state-level women's institute with the same decentralized public organism structure, regional centers, and focus on violence prevention. Directly comparable in terms of services, staffing scale, and government funding model.
• Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres (INMUJERES Ciudad de México): Mexico City-level women's institute (sometimes called Inmujeres CDMX). Provides nearly identical suite of free services — legal, psychological, economic — to women in the capital, serving as a direct operational peer for benchmarking service delivery and program design.
• Red Nacional de Refugios (Mexico): National network of shelters and care centers for women victims of violence in Mexico. Provides partially overlapping services — psychological, legal, and shelter — that intersect with CAVIM centers, though organized as a civil-society network rather than a state entity.

Broad incumbents

• UN Women (ONU Mujeres): UN entity dedicated to gender equality and women's empowerment globally. Comparable public-policy mandate on gender violence prevention and women's rights, but operates at multilateral level with international funding and broader thematic scope.
• CONAVIM (Comisión Nacional para Prevenir y Erradicar la Violencia contra las Mujeres): Federal commission within Mexico's Interior Ministry focused specifically on violence against women — a core focus of ICHMUJERES' CAVIM centers. Comparable mandate on femicide prevention and victim support, but national-level with funding authority.
• Inmujeres (Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres): Mexico's federal women's institute, the direct parent-equivalent authority that funds and coordinates ICHMUJERES. Shares the same mission of gender policy coordination and women's rights protection, but operates at the national level with a much broader scope.

Others

• Women's Justice Institute (Chicago): NGO providing training, technical assistance, and policy advocacy on gender-based violence and gender-responsive courts. Comparable in its training-of-professionals function (700+ public servants trained by ICHMUJERES) and policy advocacy work, but operates in the U.S. nonprofit context.
• Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (CNDH): Mexico's national human rights commission. ICHMUJERES recently installed a Punto Naranja at the Chihuahua State Human Rights Commission, evidencing operational collaboration. Comparable in scope of human rights mandate, though broader than gender equality alone.

Regional players

• Instituto Municipal de las Mujeres en Chihuahua (IMM): Municipal-level women's institute serving Chihuahua city proper. Overlaps operationally with ICHMUJERES within the same capital city and coordinates on CAVIM-style services, but at the municipal rather than state level.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

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