MÉRIDA.- The governor Joaquin Diaz Menasigned the commitment to disseminate and distribute the Women’s Rights Bookletan initiative promoted by the president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardowhich seeks to guarantee the well-being, freedom and dignity of Mexican women.
Díaz Mena reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to substantive equality and the eradication of violence against women, by point out that Yucatán works for a state where everyone lives safe, free and respected.
The governor explained that, with the signing of this commitment, his administration assumes the moral and legal obligation to protect the rights of women.
Not as a speech, but as a permanent action that guarantees that all Yucatecas live without fear.
Also that they have access to opportunities and have the support of the State Government at every step of their development.
15 fundamental rights
Likewise, she explained that the Women’s Rights Booklet contains 15 fundamental rights that every woman should know and exercise:
To be free and happy; to live in peace and well-being; to education; to health; to housing; to community rights; to identity and autonomy; to culture; to free expression and free movement; to access to justice.
Likewise, to political participation; to digital rights; to the rights of girls and adolescents; to a decent job and equal pay; and, above all, the right to a life free of violence.
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It was reported that They will distribute 150 thousand printed copies of the Cartilla throughout the Yucatecan territory.
The above is in order to bring it closer to women from all municipalities and police stations, so that they know their rights, since knowing them is the first step to exercising them.
Governor highlights support for women
Díaz Mena affirmed that these actions are strengthened with programs such as Mujeres Renacimiento, which already supports to more than 10 thousand self-employed mothers.
As well as with the network of panic buttons installed in Oxxo stores and public spaces for women at risk.
He also recalled that line 079 provides attention and accompaniment in cases of violence, and that 32 Free Centers They offer comprehensive support to women throughout the state.
He also mentioned that through the Rural Development Secretariat (Seder) Support is provided to rural women through inputs, training and microcredits, strengthening their economic autonomy.
For its part, the owner of the Women’s Secretariat (Semujeres)Sisely Burgos Cano, emphasized that the Primer should not be just a printed document, but a living guide that illuminates the knowledge and exercise of the women’s human rights.
“With the dissemination of this Booklet we want it to be read, shared and discussed in parks, stores and homes, as a tool collective learning and reflection. Thus, each woman will be able to fully exercise her rights,” said Sisely Burgos Cano.
The official added that the Booklet represents a tool of social pedagogy that promotes knowledge, appropriation and exercise of women’s rights in all public and private spaces.
Event attendees
Present at the event were Commander of the Tenth Military RegionBrigadier General Cristóbal Lozano Mosqueda; he Commander of the Ninth Naval ZoneVice Admiral Héctor Rafael Solís Hernández.
Likewise, the local representative, Naomi Peniche López; the representative of State Superior Court of JusticeSofia Elena Cámara Gamboa.
And the representative of the Human Rights Commission of the State of Yucatán (Codhey)Grety Rubí Cerón Llanes.
They also attended Acting Commander of Military Air Base No. 8General of the Aviator Pilot Group Ernesto Velázquez Montoya; Senator Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marín; Verónica Farjat Sánchez, representing Senator Verónica Camino Farjat.
Likewise, the local representative, Verónica Interián Argüello; the Secretary of HealthJudith Ortega Canto; and Rosy Uribe Díaz, representing the State Attorney GeneralJuan Manuel León León.
Also present were Guadalupe Puc Tzum, representative of the Delegate of Wellbeing ProgramsRogerio Castro Vázquez; Sapper Colonel Augusto Melo Suárez, representative of the 32nd Military Zone.
And Chief Commissioner Alejandro Ríos Covián Silveira, representative of the Ministry of Public Security.