Mexico's First Women's Blind Football Team Tackles Barriers On and Off the Pitch

Mexico's first women's blind football squad, from Chilangas FC, debuts at the 2026 IBSA American championship. Obstacles run deep: families discourage daughters from contact sports, visually impaired sports infrastructure is scarce, and Mexican women average 39.7 weekly hours on domestic care — more than double men's. Hernandez calls the hardest barriers "presumptions about what blind women can and cannot do."