Instituto Estatal de la Mujer de Tlaxcala

What Instituto Estatal de la Mujer de Tlaxcala does

The Instituto Estatal de la Mujer de Tlaxcala, operating under the trade name Secretaría de las Mujeres del Estado de Tlaxcala (SMET), is a state government institution in Mexico mandated by decree to formulate and coordinate gender equality policy and women's rights programs in the state of Tlaxcala. It functions as the official state mechanism for women's affairs, headquartered in Ex Fábrica de San Manuel, San Miguel Contla, Santa Cruz Tlaxcala, with a staff of 1-10 employees. The institution was restructured and rebranded from its original form (IEM) to SMET, and is currently led by Secretary Nydia Cano Rodríguez.

The institute implements a portfolio of federal programs including PAIMEF (violence prevention and victim services), PROABIM (subsidies and advisory services to municipal women's mechanisms), FOBAM (support for adolescent mothers and pregnant minors under 15), PAIBIM 2025 (institutional attention through Free Centers), and the Alerta de Violencia de Género (AVGM) program. It also manages the Centros PARA Libre shelter network, the Puntos Naranja initiative, and the BANAVIM database for tracking violence against women. All services are provided free of charge to beneficiaries, and the institution maintains physical and operational presence across all 60 municipalities of Tlaxcala through municipal Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women (MAM).

The business model is entirely government-funded with no commercial revenue. Operating funds derive from federal program allocations and state budget appropriations from the Gobierno del Estado de Tlaxcala. The institution does not employ technology as a core differentiator; its value proposition rests on its legal mandate, federal program access, and established municipal distribution network. There is no proprietary technology platform, app, or API infrastructure — operations are delivered through direct government service channels, physical offices, and partnerships with municipal women's offices and shelter centers.

Name

Instituto Estatal de la Mujer de Tlaxcala

Legal name

Secretaría de las Mujeres del Estado de Tlaxcala

Website

https://mujer.tlaxcala.gob.mx

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Instituto Estatal de la Mujer de Tlaxcala (SMET) is a state government institution in Tlaxcala, Mexico that coordinates gender equality policy and delivers free legal, psychological, and shelter services to women victims of violence across all 60 state municipalities through federal programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Social Services - Gender Equality

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Individual and Family Services (6241), Social Assistance (624)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAGABAF

Gender Equality & Women’s Empowerment

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/International Development & Poverty Alleviation

Keywords

• Gender equality services
• Women's rights programs
• Violence prevention services
• Public social services
• State government programs

Headquarters

HQ city

San Miguel Contla, Tlaxcala

HQ country

Mexico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Government Funding: Government-funded institution operating with public funds from federal and state budgets to implement gender equality and violence prevention programs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Instituto Estatal de la Mujer de Tlaxcala (operating as SMET - Secretaría de las Mujeres del Estado de Tlaxcala) is a state government institution that formulates, coordinates, and implements social programs and public policies for gender equality, prevention of violence against women, and protection of women's rights. It delivers free services including legal orientation, psychological attention, shelter through Centros PARA, economic empowerment programs, and gender mainstreaming across all 60 municipalities of the state of Tlaxcala.

Product overview

Instituto Estatal de la Mujer de Tlaxcala operates as a government mechanism for advancing women's rights and gender equality in the state. The organization offers a portfolio of federal programs including PAIMEF for violence prevention and attention services, PROABIM for women's rights and equality subsidies, FOBAM for adolescent mothers support, PAIBIM for institutional care services, and AVGM for gender violence alerts. These programs work together to provide prevention, attention, and protection services for women in situations of violence throughout the state of Tlaxcala.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PAIMEF (Programa de Apoyo a las Instancias de Mujeres en las Entidades Federativas) A federal program that provides resources to Women's Instances in Mexican States to carry out violence prevention actions and provide guidance and attention services to women experiencing violence.
• PROABIM Program aimed at contributing to equality of opportunities and exercise of women's rights through subsidies and advisory services to Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women to implement attention actions and special temporary measures to reduce gender inequality gaps.
• FOBAM Federal program focused on comprehensive support for adolescent mothers and/or pregnant minors under 15 years old, implementing the NAME Route for attention and integral protection.
• PAIBIM 2025 Federal program providing institutional attention services through the Free Centers for women victims of violence.
• Alerta de Violencia de Género (AVGM) Gender violence alert program providing information about services, reports, and social oversight for women victims of violence.

Quantifiable outcome

• Free services provided to women victims of violence across all 60 municipalities of Tlaxcala
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Centros PARA LibrecoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerShelter centers (Centros PARA) that provide free comprehensive services including shelter, food, legal orientation, medical and psychological attention to women and their children victims of violence.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• ONU Mujeres México (UN Women Mexico): UN entity advancing gender equality and women's empowerment in Mexico; thematically aligned and provides technical cooperation and frameworks often adopted by state institutes like Tlaxcala's.

Broad incumbents

• Instituto Nacional de las Mujeres (INMUJERES): Federal-level Mexican gender equality institution that funds and sets policy for state mechanisms including the Instituto Estatal de la Mujer de Tlaxcala; directly comparable as the apex body in the same women's rights and violence prevention mission.
• Comisión Nacional de los Derechos Humanos (CNDH): National human rights commission with overlapping jurisdiction on women's rights violations; comparable as a federal mandate institution with quasi-oversight role over state mechanisms.

Direct peers

• Secretaría de las Mujeres de la Ciudad de México: Mexico City government secretariat (the model for SMET's rebranding) with the same mandate on gender equality, violence prevention and women's empowerment; directly comparable in role, scope and service design.
• Instituto Poblano de las Mujeres: Puebla's state-level women's institute — operates the same federal programs (PAIMEF, PROABIM) and offers comparable shelter, legal and psychological services to women in violence situations.
• Secretaría de las Mujeres e Igualdad de Género del Estado de México: Estado de México's equivalent secretariat; runs analogous Centros Naranja, shelter and legal-psychological services, making it a like-for-like state peer.
• Instituto Hidalguense de las Mujeres: State mechanism for women's affairs in Hidalgo — peer in being a sister state institute operating under the same federal program framework for prevention and attention to gender-based violence.

Emerging players

• Red Nacional de Refugios (RNR): Civil-society network operating shelters and services for women victims of violence across Mexico; comparable in shelter and case-management delivery, complementing rather than competing with state institutes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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Investments

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