From the Editorial
La Jornada Newspaper
Friday, January 16, 2026, p. 8
Given the interest of the Brazilian government in eradicating violence against women in her country, the president, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, instructed the Women’s Secretariat to lead a technical and political exchange of the model that Mexico applies in the field.
In a statement, the agency maintained that this fact “not only reaffirms Mexico as a vanguard country in human rights, but also recognizes the impact of the constitutional reforms of substantive equality, zero wage gap and the right to a life free of violence elevated to the highest level since the beginning of the administration.”
The Women’s Secretariat specified that this derived from the call between the Mexican president and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, president of Brazil.
Thus, the agency will share with the South American country the experience and strategy deployed in favor of women’s rights and against gender violence.
The model that Mexico will share with Brazil is born from an institutional framework strengthened with the creation of the first Women’s Secretariat and the Welfare policies for Women.
Among the central axes of the strategy are the Women’s Rights Booklet, the operation of the LIBRE Centers, where comprehensive and free care is provided, and the National Network of Weavers of the Homeland.
“This commitment to regional cooperation with Brazil adds to the recognition recently made by the Committee of Experts of the Organization of American States (OAS), which has taken the Mexican legislation known as the Olimpia Law as a standard to create a legal framework that protects women on the continent against digital violence.”
