--- title: Mónica Ramírez | TIME description: Mónica Ramírez is a leading activist, attorney, and the founder and president of the nonprofit Justice For Migrant Women, co-founder of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, and founding principal of Poderistas. She is also a 2021 TIMENext honoree. canonical: https://time.com/author/monica-ramirez/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/monica-ramirez/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Mónica Ramírez ## Mónica Ramírez Mónica Ramírez is a leading activist, attorney, and the founder and president of the nonprofit [Justice For Migrant Women](https://justice4women.org/), co-founder of [Alianza Nacional de Campesinas](https://www.alianzanacionaldecampesinas.org/), and founding principal of [Poderistas](https://poderistas.com/). She is also a 2021 TIMENext honoree. ## Mónica Ramírez *  Jan 8, 2026 ### [For Migrant Women, Sexual Violence Is Often the Hidden Cost of Work](https://time.com/7342266/migrant-women-sexual-violence-work/) Ending workplace sexual violence starts with the women most exploited. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 14, 2021 ### [We Must Protect Farmworkers' Mental Health](https://time.com/5956667/farmworkers-mental-health-covid/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 11, 2018 ### [How Women Across Industries Are Finding Their Voice in the Fight Against Sexual Harassment](https://time.com/5475979/alianza-letter-2018/) And the lessons society should learn from the past year [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/monica-ramirez/","name":"Mónica Ramírez"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/monica-ramirez/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/monica-ramirez/"},"name":"Mónica Ramírez","jobTitle":null,"description":"Mónica Ramírez is a leading activist, attorney, and the founder and president of the nonprofit Justice For Migrant Women, co-founder of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, and founding principal of Poderistas. She is also a 2021 TIMENext honoree.","url":"https://time.com/author/monica-ramirez/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```