The Senate unanimously approved the constitutional reform proposed by President Claudia Sheinbaum, aimed at ensuring substantive equality, eradicating gender-based violence, and reducing the wage gap. With changes to several articles of the Constitution, the Mexican state takes on a reinforced commitment in the area of public security, especially in the protection of women, adolescents, and children.
It is established that all people have the right to live free from violence and that public security institutions will operate with a gender perspective. Additionally, it specifies that appointments in federal public administration and at the state and municipal levels must respect the principle of gender parity.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN-DH) office in Mexico celebrated this approval, highlighting that the reform strengthens the protection of substantive equality and promotes the full participation of women in public life with guaranteed gender parity at all levels of government. The UN also appreciated the measures adopted to promote women's rights to live free from violence and to strengthen gender-sensitive investigations to achieve justice and eradicate patterns of violence against women.
Furthermore, the importance of making visible the contributions of women in the labor field was recognized, promoting wage equality and labor equity. In the words of UN-DH, the creation of mechanisms to close the wage gap and ensure equity in the workplace is encouraged.
