In 2018, 115 were reported; in 2019, 121; in 2020, 152; in 2021,145 and in 2022, 131 femicides, this despite the fact that since 2015, the National System for the Prevention, Care, Punishment and Eradication of Violence against Women agreed to declare a Gender Violence Alert against women, for the State of Mexico in 11 municipalities: Chalco, Chimalhuacán, Cuautitlán Izcalli, Ecatepec de Morelos, Ixtapaluca, Naucalpan de Juárez, Nezahualcóyotl, Tlalnepantla de Baz, Toluca, Tultitlán and Valle de Chalco Solidaridad.
In addition, seven of these 11 municipalities have a double alert for adding the disappearance of people.
And although the state and federal governments have joined efforts to address this problem, the efforts have been insufficient, in this regard, on January 6, 2023, the Secretary of Federal Public Security, Rosa Icela Rodriguez He acknowledged that there is a backlog in the investigations.
In the midst of the circumstance and the electoral process, feminist groups have highlighted that another pending issue, in addition to addressing femicide violence, is the legalization of the interruption of pregnancy in the entity.
In fact, just this December 22, 2023, members of the Equalita Mx collective indicated that they would defend the feminist movement and called on potential gubernatorial candidates not to hang on to their fight, and that their proposals in favor of women be clear.
During the event called Abortive Christmas, members of the feminist collectives demonstrated in favor of the legalization of abortion.
Added to these issues, facing the Edomex elections, the feminist agenda will be a priority demand to be addressed within the proposals of the candidates.
In the electoral fair, more than 12 million 500,000 Mexicans are called to vote and eight political parties will compete in which there will be at least two alliances and three candidates, two of them could just be women.
