UCLA Center for the Study of Women

Líderes Campesinas (formally known as Organización en California de Líderes Campesinas) is the only statewide women farmworker’s organization in the country. With historical roots stemming back to a 1988 Coachella Valley organization called Mujeres Mexicans, Líderes Campesinas gained nonprofit status in 1997. With headquarters in Pomona, California, the group has more than five hundred members who are organized through twelve local committees throughout the state. The organization works to improve the dismal working conditions in the fields and packing houses and also educates women farmworkers on pesticide exposure, gender discrimination, and sexual harassment and assault.