09/25/2024
| THIRD NATIONAL MEETING OF WOMEN POLITICIANS: OATH OF THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Within the framework of the Third National Meeting of Women Politicians, held from September 20 to 22 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, the National Network of Women Advocates for Parity throughout the Mexican Republic is pleased to announce the swearing-in of the new National Executive Committee. This event, which took place in the Auditorium of the University Center of Guadalajara, brought together prominent leaders and defenders of the political and social rights of women throughout the country.
Teacher Verónica Lara Ponce, currently residing in Playas de Rosarito, politician, academic, feminist, translator, journalist at the Costa Norte Digital News Agency, artisan and promoter of business projects for women in Baja California in coordination with Licda. Rose Malaika Michaud Garcimarrero, a Veracruz politician, feminist activist, international speaker and mentor in human development and senior management and political leadership of women, were in charge of swearing in the new National Executive Committee, who thus assume the commitment to continue fighting for equality and parity in all political, social, labor, academic, scientific and business spheres in a vertical and horizontal manner, reinforcing transversality.
The following members were therefore sworn in and will form a fundamental part of this new committee, officially giving rise to the birth of a structure supported and sustained by the profiles described in a compact manner below.
- Maria Guadalupe Hernandez Hernandez, from the state of Zacatecas
- Mónica Mendoza Madrigal, lives in Veracruz, is an academic and researcher, consultant in political communication and training for women's political leadership, feminist activist, writer and columnist, coordinator of the Veracruz Chapter of the National Network of Women Defenders of Parity in All of the Mexican Republic, journalist and human rights defender.
- Nancy Adriana Ferrell Pérez, lives in Guanajuato, is a politician, law student, feminist activist, human rights defender, journalist, coordinator of the Guanajuato Chapter of the National Network of Women Defenders of Parity in All of the Mexican Republic, journalist and human rights defender.
- Josefina Meza Espinosa, resident in Querétaro, Law graduate, Master's student in "Government and Public Policies", politician and feminist activist. Defender of human rights of girls and women. Founding President of the National Network of Women Defenders of Parity throughout the Mexican Republic. Currently General Director of the "Gender and Citizenship" Consulting Firm.
- Elizabeth Alfaro Leal, lawyer, academic, businesswoman and feminist, founder and Rector of the Magno Americana University. With undergraduate, master's and doctoral studies in Law, Political Science, Gender and Justice, and Victimology, she is an activist committed to gender equality and social justice.
- Araceli Catalán Vázquez, resides in Mexico City, has a master's degree in Law with a specialization in gender and interculturality, is a litigating attorney in electoral matters, and was the attorney in the Iliatenco Guerrero case, in which the annulment of an election was achieved for the first time in Latin America due to political violence against women based on gender. She currently serves as a defender in the electoral public defender's office specialized in VPMRG of the TEPJF.
- Verónica Juárez Piña, lawyer, Master in Human Rights and Democracy from FLACSO, defender of Human Rights, particularly those of women, girls, boys and adolescents.
- Marissa Velázquez Ramírez, Mazahua currently residing in Zapopan, Jalisco, artisan, activist, law student and winner of the Martha Sánchez Néstor National Indigenous Women's Award (2023)
- Mar Grecia Oliva Guerrero, currently residing in Mexico City, is a lawyer, politician and feminist activist, national and international champion of oratory, and teacher and trainer of communicators. She has been a local deputy, a pre-candidate for the government of the state of Durango and a state official. Currently, she is the director of the feminist digital newspaper and consultancy La Costilla Rota.
- Sanjuana Martínez Meléndez, lives in Aguascalientes, is a feminist, activist and defender of Human Rights; promoter of Comprehensive Sexual Education. Lawyer, former councilor, where she chaired the Gender Equality Commission and member of the Human Rights and Culture Commission. First woman elected as Local Deputy in Aguascalientes for the LXV Legislature. President of the Gender Equality Commission, she presented 76 initiatives and 29 are already constitutional decrees in defense of the Human Rights of women, girls, boys, adolescents, and older adults.
This meeting not only highlights the commitment to parity and the active political participation of women, but also represents a significant step towards building a more just and equal Mexico.
The National Network of Women Defenders of Parity in All of the Mexican Republic reaffirms its commitment to the defense and promotion of women's political rights, as well as to the creation of spaces where their voices are heard and valued.
