Senators from all parties joined together to raise their voices in favor of women’s rights.
PRI member Anabell Ávalos Zempoalteca commented that Mexico has been a canvas where women have embroidered with a golden thread the influence and leadership in public life in Mexico.
“Mexican women have challenged gender barriers, contributing to the construction of a more equitable, fair, inclusive and progressive society,” she said in the solemn session in the Senate to unveil the legend “on the honor wall of the session hall” To the suffragettes who never gave up or abandoned the fight for freedom.”
She said that from the government and now from the opposition the PRI has promoted and strengthened democracy, always opening space for the active participation of women.
“Let us never forget the path that these pioneers carved for us and let us continue walking with the same determination towards a future where equal rights are a reality for everyone,” he concluded.
Meanwhile, Virginia Magaña Fonseca, of the Green Party, recalled the historic achievement that 71 years ago incorporated the recognition of the full citizenship of women in the Constitution, a fact that she described as one of the most significant advances in matters of justice and equality for all the women in the country.
She stressed that despite the progress made, the country remains indebted to women due to persistent inequalities, wage gaps and the various forms of violence they still face.
“Our current fight is not only about consolidating the great political and social transformations, but also about overcoming the patriarchal culture that underestimates and betrays the contributions of women,” she stated.
The also secretary of the commission for gender equality highlighted the importance of continuing with the aspirations raised in the First Feminist Congress of 1916, and recognized key figures such as María Lavalle Urbina, the first senator in 1964, whose courage and perseverance promoted the social justice and human rights in Mexico.
Geovanna Bañuelos, from the Labor Party, commented that seven decades had to pass since the recognition of the right to vote for women, before they could say that “it is time for women” in the country.
“And it is time for women, not only because it is the first time in our history as a Republic, in which a woman presides over the Executive Branch, but because it is time for women because there is parity in the Congress of the Union,” she said.
She added that she was honored to see how the ownership of the three powers of the State are represented by women: “The first woman president, it is not a minor thing, was flanked by two women presidents: Minister Norma Piña and our dear and endearing deputy Ifigenia Martínez ”.
“It’s women’s time. And today we have to honor those who did not give us the opportunity to say it, to represent them, our grandmothers, our mothers, our aunts,” he added.
However, PAN senator Laura Esquivel Torres stated that “there is much to commemorate and nothing to celebrate” because “we have not all arrived, we are missing many.”
The suffragettes, she added, already have their place in history because they helped break the glass ceiling: “It is up to us to prevent thousands of women from being trapped picking up those pieces.”
“No, senators, we have not all arrived, we are missing many. Never harm women again. There are no votes to justify it. That is not democracy. Let us recognize and honor the suffragettes in the best way,” stated Esquivel Torres in reference to the judicial tombola.
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