XVI Regional Conference on Women Kicked Off in Mexico

“This is not only the time for women in Mexico, but throughout the world,” 

- Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, at the inauguration of the intergovernmental gathering.

The XVI Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean was inaugurated today, in the National Palace, by the President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, who stressed the need to recognize the contribution and the rights of all women and to avert rollbacks at a national, regional and global level. “I know that this is not only the time for women in Mexico, but throughout the world,” said the country’s leader, who reviewed the constitutional and legal reforms, policies and measures that her Government has carried out in various areas to ensure gender equality, women’s autonomy and the building of a comprehensive care system.

“Recognizing each other as women, no matter what space we are in, is critical. And recognizing those who historically have been denigrated and abandoned is a job for all people. That is why we have dedicated this year, the first year of our government, to indigenous women, and each year will be a year for a heroine from our homeland,” she stated.

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