The rights of women in America, their well-being and their participation in politics will be the focus of a meeting organized by EL PAÍS that will take place in Mexico City next Wednesday, May 31st. The event will be attended by prominent figures in American politics, including Mexico City Premier Claudia Sheinbaum; Francia Márquez, Vice President of Colombia; Yolanda Díaz, Second Vice President of Spain and Claudia López, Mayor of Bogotá. You will speak with Pepa Bueno, the director of this newspaper, about the challenges facing women in a continent marked by inequality and violence.
The meeting will take place at the National Museum of Anthropology from 8am and will include various exhibitions and discussions, such as on women’s participation in democracy, their political rights and their representation in public life. Attending this table will be: Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile; María Emma Mejía, former Secretary General of UNASUR; Eleonora Caroit, French MP; Marcela Aguiñaga, Perfection of the Guayas Provincial Government in Ecuador; and Myriam Méndez, coordinator of Valiente es Dialogar and former director of the Ford Foundation. This table will be moderated by the journalist for W Radio and columnist for EL PAÍS, Gabriela Warkentin.
In a region where 2022 ended with more than 4,000 female victims of femicide, Wednesday’s meeting will analyze the conditions under which they have access to justice, as most of these crimes also go unpunished. Of all violent deaths of women, only between 30% and 35% are classified by authorities as femicide, according to Mexico’s National Observatory on Feminicide, a trend repeated in other countries in the region. Beatriz Argimón, Vice President of Uruguay; Ernestina Godoy, Attorney General of Mexico City; and Ana María Salazar, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Pentagon.
Sustainable development and the role of women after the Covid-19 pandemic will also be analyzed at a round table with the participation of Aurora Vergara, Minister of Education of Colombia; Rosa Junquera, Director of Sustainability at PRISA; Aimée Sentmat de Grimaldo, President of Banistmo, in Panama; and María Noel Vaeza, Regional Director of UN Women. Following the event, also organized by PRISA Media, the Government of Mexico City and UN Women, participants will visit two of Claudia Sheinbaum’s flagship projects in the Mexican capital: the Cablebús, which runs through Iztapalapa, one of Mexico’s largest delegations City and PILARES, a project for the reintegration of young people through culture.
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