Mexico’s 2020 “A Day Without Women” protest was led by the Veracruz feminist collective Brujas del Mar.
The group called for the March 9, 2020 national strike under the slogan “El nueve ninguna se mueve” (“On the ninth, nobody moves”), immediately following International Women’s Day demonstrations on March 8. Participants were urged to stay away from work, school, shopping, social media, and routine activities to dramatize women’s social and economic importance.
Brujas del Mar’s campaign emerged amid public anger over femicide, disappearances, and gender-based violence in Mexico. Its online appeal spread nationally and drew support from women, institutions, businesses, and public figures. The March 8 marches and March 9 strike were related but distinct actions: the former filled streets with demonstrations, while the latter emphasized absence and withdrawal.
The name can be confused with broader Latin American feminist slogans such as “Ni Una Menos,” but Brujas del Mar was the Veracruz group specifically associated with Mexico’s 2020 strike.