translated from Spanish: Members approve of gender equity in the field

Mexico.-producers unanimously, the plenary of the Chamber of Deputies approved in general and in particular amendments to articles 150 and 151 of the law of sustainable development to ensure the eq uidad of gender in organisations of producers of the campoCon 448 votes in favour, the legislators approved the opinion presented by the Committee on development and conservation, Rural, agricultural and food self-sufficiency, which establishes that the integration of the The sistemas-producto national and regional committees shall incorporate interleaved men and women at the same rate in order to ensure the gender equity in its composition. Product systems are forms of groupings and organizations of producers of a same branch or productive activity, which may be national, State or municipal, presence and are governed by the law of Rural Development Deputy Sustentable.El of Morena, Eraclio Rodríguez, stated that, in accordance with the agricultural national survey carried out by the Sagarpa and INEGI in 2012, more than 86 per cent of the producers in the country were men; While only 13.5 per cent were women.
“Raised proposal is would be guaranteeing the right to women to have a voice in representative bodies, which is precisely where the opinion is supported to design public policies”, said the legislator. The Bill passed to the Senate for its constitutional effects.

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