translated from Spanish: ‘Nanakeecha is power,’ meeting seeking the participation of Michoacan and indigenous women

Morelia, Michoacan.-through the encounter of women called “Nanakeecha” – woman in Purépecha – the citizen movement party, through the delegation “Women in motion”, seeks to promote a space of Michoacán women’s political participation, as well as the visibility of the identity of indigenous women, event that will be held in the hotel Holiday Inn Morelia, the next 16 and 17 in March, in the framework of the women’s day.
In an interview, Jimena Berthely, State delegate from women on the move concerned the importance of open spaces like this, to set aside the simulation of a commitment to the female gender by the political parties.
“Political parties must simulate that there is participation of women. We need these spaces for all the Michoacan women who want to participate and give them the tools to enable them to develop their skills”mentioned that a value added that the event is the indigenous identity, since in addition to the assistance of Purépecha women, held a panel with the presentation of four women from indigenous peoples of Michoacan, which touched the issue of the challenges of indigenous women in political participation.
The meeting also will offer presentations of gender, a cinema, digital violence political violence debate displaying violence towards women, a paper run by federal Member Martha Taggle Martínez on the responsibility of legislating with gender mainstreaming, the exposure of the agenda on sexual and reproductive rights that will give the Senator Patricia Mercado, among others.
On the current context in Mexico’s violence against women, Jimena Berthely considered as unfortunate a population sector to minimize the struggle of the feminist movement that has cost so many lives in the process.
“Yesterday in the feminist March calling for freedom of decision, a few years ago called for the freedom to exist, because women were not considered as citizens. “Who seeks to minimize these movements are out of context and that have not read about the feminist struggle, nor its ideals which is mainly the total fulfillment of our rights”.
Be expected to meet “Nanákeecha” attend around 300 women in the interior of the State, as well as nearby entities such as Colima, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, city of Mexico and Queretaro.
If you are interested in attending, the call will remain open until next Thursday and you can find the registration of Google through the Facebook page of women movement Michoacan.

Original source in Spanish