(Mexico) New Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced Thursday a package of constitutional reforms to strengthen women’s rights, 48 hours after being inaugurated as the first president in the history of Mexico.
Equal pay, financial support for women over 60 and parity in public administration are among the measures presented by the president during her daily press conference, in the presence of the women of her cabinet.
“As the first female president, our obligation is to protect women,” said Ms.me Sheinbaum, and all laws in the country must take into account “the particularities of women and their rights”.
The measures will be submitted to Parliament, where the ruling Movement for National Regeneration (Morena, left) has a two-thirds majority allowing it to amend the Constitution.
Booklets will be distributed to women throughout the country next year to inform them of their rights, in Spanish and indigenous languages, continued the former mayor of Mexico City.
“Unfortunately, sometimes a woman who experiences violence is not aware that she is experiencing violence,” said Ms.me Sheinbaum, 62 years old.
Repeating “it is the time for women and transformation”, the trained physicist on Tuesday became the first president of the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world (129 million inhabitants).
Mme Sheinbaum won the June 2 election with nearly 60% of the vote by promising to continue the reforms of his predecessor and mentor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who installed the left in power in 2018.
Mr. Lopez Obrador completed his constitutionally mandated single six-year term with a 70% approval rating.