members of the Council Social of the Institute national women’s spread her blanket just in front of the presidium, in view of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
They began the speeches for the commemoration of the international women’s day in the central patio of the National Palace. Nadine Gasman, owner of INMUJERES, had already spoken of substantive equality and how the Government will work to combat gender inequalities.
He played the turn to ovacionada Senator Martha Lucía Mícher, who warned that as “insistencialista Warrior” who is already it will not allow “glass ceilings, slippery floors, or broken ladders”. The 10 women who were waiting then stopped opposite the central fountain: “Mr. Presidente. The transformation that the country needs to be also built with women from civil society we are committed to equality, the development of the justice and human rights”.
The protesters thus responded to the repeated criticism of the President against the organizations of civil society, and to the decision to suspend them the transfer of public resources which already had its first balance with the cancellation of the program stays Children’s.
The message arrived also for 500 guests and some guests to presidential breakfast, most fair with an origin in the organizations of the civil society, activism and the Academy. There were Alicia Loza, of the National Council for the development and the Inclusion of persons with disabilities (CONADIS) and Katia D’Artigues, journalist and activist for the rights of persons with disabilities, who later Presidency officials they would confirm that the Council disappears and with it cross-cutting public policy in the matter.
Also took note of the protest Ana Pecova, Director of the feminist organization EQUIS justice for women; Silvia Giorguli, President of the College of Mexico; Rosa María Torres Hernández, Rector of the Universidad Pedagógica Nacional; María Luisa Díaz de León, ECLAC; Ana Guezmes, UN women; the Senator’s citizen movement, Patricia Mercado, and up to the owner of SIPINNA, Ricardo Bucio, among many more, some of which questioned the absence in the event of Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller.
Who seemed to not take note was the President. Addressing your message whom he called the representatives of women of Mexico, he said that human rights and feminist movements contributed to maintaining the authoritarian regime, “because they saw the tree, but not the forest”. Because “each who took care of his movement”.
“To keep the oppressive regime, began to talk of new policies (…) And it polarized much, it fractionated, the policy became a Trade Union issue. And it was the feminist movement and is the gender equity movement and the movement for the defense of human rights and the labour movement and the peasant movement, and thus all the movements. “And that could be maintained authoritarian rule, because each who took care of his movement”.
The President told their guests that during the previous regime “progressed in analysing the reality, but not bet to transform it”. That had “cofraternidad in the specific case, but when it came to confronting the oppressors, the Mafia’s power, there already was something else”.
But then his triumph “managed to unite all causes” and asked them to so continue, to combat corruption “as a matter of priority” of the country. He said convinced that only thus will be over social and economic inequality, poverty, neglect and discrimination.
“We are going to give you that purpose priority needed; and then, or at the same time, women’s right and the right to the free expression of ideas and the right to welfare, the right to live and be happy in a country like ours”.
And he presumed them to that as it is already fighting corruption, resources which allowed the delivery of pension to older adults, of whom 4 million are women who received double that before they received during the first two months of the year are releasing : five-hundred 2,550 pesos. And what about girls high school scholarships and loans to the word with the batches of welfare women, “because they are more responsible than men”.
At this point in the speech, a group of legislators and activists led by the independent Senator Martha Tagle was planted against the presidium, plugging you view half cabinet installed in the first row, among them the Secretary of public security, Alfonso Durazo; Communications and transport, Javier Jiménez Espriú, and the legal adviser, Julio Scherer.
“Not a step back for women’s rights”, demanded in silence, while the President claimed that not can decide conclusively by any cause, issue or subject, so were those of women that convened it on March 8, because now the movement “it is democratic.”
Today, said, “we represent to all citizens, of all currents of thought, of all religions, women believers and non-believers, all and all”. Then reiterated what already had said in campaign, who before a controversial “is going to go to consultation, to democracy, not to impose anything”, while some women let escape cries of protest and expressions of discontent generated by the conviction that the rights of all in general, and of women in particular, without referring.
“Anything by force, all for the reason and law”, remained the President, while the neighboring table of this reporter muttered how can be respectful of freedoms “when you have to ask someone else if you can exercise your rights”.
Lopez Obrador declared settled the issue with the conviction to be complying with the women to join a joint Cabinet, same as when he was head of Government of the city of Mexico. “That is, it is not a matter of now, it is, I have a deep respect for women”.
A warrant final, if it was not made clear. “In addition, it is not a matter of rights. Freedoms will not beg, are conquered. And you know what they have to do; “Moreover, they have a lot more strength, Yes, Yes, have more determination, more strongly than any other organization”.
Legislators and Protestant women activists took the exit’s López Obrador to upload to the presidium to take the picture and say hello to the women of the joint Cabinet. Between concerned and hopeful exchanged smiles with the feminist Secretary Olga Sánchez Cordero and selfies with the owner of INMUJERES. They finally rolled blankets and adjusted their green bandanas, with the conviction that despite the triumph of a Government that is left of this fight is not over.
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