Breathe
By Soledad Durazo
It is not an exaggeration to think, nor is it an illusion to imagine, that women will have a strong influence on the outcome of the next presidential election.
Having a feminist agenda in the electoral process through which we can raise our voices to express what we need is extremely important; let us not lose sight of the fact that women make up 52% of the population.
It is under this orientation that today in OPINION 51 we have a special edition in which some of our columnists highlight the real needs that women face and, without asking for special concessions, their voices express their feelings about "The presidency we want".
Thus Sabina Berman speaks, for example, of the symbolic value of having a woman president, although this does not guarantee that we will have a feminist presidency, but it does: the State must become one that attends to what we women have been doing for centuries and has been invisible.
Ivabelle Arroyodoes not stop to describe the ideal characteristics of the person who will govern us in the near future, because for her the institutional gear is more relevant than the person. A gear that ensures a democratically elected presidency, that observes the letter of the Constitution, with the resources and authority that emanate from the institutions of the State and not from the person who sits in that chair.
In a similar vein, Marilú Acosta Marilú Acosta to affirm that the next presidency does not assure that it will be more successful if it is held by a woman, what is urgent is to remove paternalism and act with more maturity and responsibility and that health should be at the center of the model because it is not wise to attend to illness because of the abundant profits that this leaves and neglect health because of the risk of losing precisely this abundance.
Fatima Masse details three essential priorities that a presidency must have in favor of women workers in order to close gender gaps in a country where less than half of women of productive age have economic autonomy. These priorities for the person in office should be: prioritizing the provision of alternative care, offering inclusive working conditions for its female staff, nurturing private investment and encouraging new jobs to be inclusive.
Sofia Ramirez proposes a feminist economic agenda for substantive equality that includes: quality employment, with benefits, including daycare and childcare, promotion of retirement savings, financing for public health and specifically the timely detection of cancer, guaranteed representation in decision-making spaces and, in general, greater economic freedom.
Luisa Cantú refers to the urgency for the next presidency to take into account the issue of upbringing because a society that takes care of its members from the earliest years would have a more promising future and is the first point for the construction of peace; in her text she provides very relevant data such as those presented by the Network for the Rights of Children, which has reported 114,46 crimes against children during this six-year term, that is, 78 per day. However, she says, "upbringing" and "motherhood" are absent in the platforms of political parties.
If, as the experts say, shoes offer a wealth of information about the wearer, Edmeé Pardo stops to reflect on what shoes should the next president of Mexico wear? And she suggests:
She needs purple shoes, which adapt to the shape of her own foot and not a general insole, to fight for women's rights; without internal seams so as not to miss a beat with painful wounds in the thinnest part. I don't know if it's just one pair or many. But, above all, she needs hundreds of pairs of shoes by her side, walking in the construction of a country where we all fit and can go through life free, in abundance and without fear.
I firmly believe that we must no longer accept obstacles for women's voices to be heard, that their proposals are taken seriously and deserve to be elevated to public policies. I believe in a new generation of young women who are taking advantage of the tools of their time and who have more freedom to speak, to decide and to demand.
It does not pretend to be a threat but for those who have not accepted it yet or want to minimize it, believe me that we have arrived to stay and to improve ourselves; not only women but Mexican society and humanity in general. We are here, we will not leave, we will be more present than ever, determined to make the panorama evolve, because other women have paved the way for us, because we are enthusiastic and vibrant, making us responsible for our moment, and because we will inherit better paths for the generations after us.
The opinions expressed are the responsibility of the authors and are absolutely independent of the position and editorial line of Opinion 51.
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