12/11/1905 Women Sonora
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Silvia Nunez Esquer
On 8 May in Oaxaca a mob of men tried to assassinate a woman, stripped her and came near to the burning. That woman was the treasurer of San Juan Cotzocon, as municipal agent was a woman. For daring to aspire to govern, to cry and slogan "here in the town sent the men, both were sentenced to death by the traditional assembly, if not drop the charges. That woman is Evitelia Pacheco Ramírez, was shown naked and was about to be burned.
The treasurer, the municipal agent Elia Martínez Castañeda elected by vote and his secretary Marcelina Miguel Santiago, as before Eufrosina Cruz was elected and then dismissed, by the mere fact of being a woman, have been run in a violent way of the Municipal Bureau of Emiliano Zapata, Municipality of San Juan Cotzocon .
While that happens in Oaxaca, Sonora the members here in the Sonoran Feminist Network, calling for "more women into power." And is that rule should not be a matter of strength of one gender over another, but to respect political and human rights of all people.
seem different scenarios, but also there is violence in Sonora to prevent more women access to positions of decision, only that exercised over here is subtle, is symbolic. Is one that is represented by internal agreements that share power among men only.
is that makes them say to politicians: "the opportunity is, but there are no qualified women", or utter atrocities like "is that women themselves do not vote for women" when the vote is secret and There is no way to verify such claims.
So what feminist Red Sonoran Plural Women in general are doing in anticipation of the traditional practices where men make the rules leaving out his party colleagues, is extremely important.
is showing that there are smart ways to get respect for their political rights, without going as far as risking their lives in Oaxaca, where a woman can kill you as long as it does not break the patriarchal and sexist principles , attempting to rule over a people, as other men have done for centuries.
is sane response mechanisms, without machetes, with proposals civilized, with the appropriate bodies, ie in this case the legislature and the institution that organizes and supervises elections and is the Council State Elections.
The most important thing is that women are united, despite putting together forces of party ideological differences. Today we are one, are women who go for full citizenship.
not fear being burned or killed as those in Oaxaca, but his teammates could itself become clear if they decide to share power with so many women who want to be in politics.
could be falling into practice a symbolic machismo that, as in Oaxaca attempted to shut down the legitimate desire of women to decide public policy, although males have shown that they sometimes package is very large.
May 12 Today is historic because Plural Women in the State will go to Congress to demand the appropriate adjustments to access cheats without power. Their intention is simple: That the principle of equity, gender parity and alternation effective.
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