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Mexico’s Supreme Court Backs Gender Perspective in Law at Book Launch

Speakers warned that gender inequality weakens social cohesion, urging authorities to adopt gender‑aware justice, legislation, policy.

Overview

  • Justice Yasmín Esquivel said inequality facing women, girls, and adolescents erodes the social fabric and hinders justice, peace, and full democracy.
  • Esquivel pledged that the Supreme Court will keep raising its voice and demanding a gender perspective from authorities as long as any woman suffers violence.
  • The statements came during the presentation of the collective volume “La perspectiva de género desde diversos enfoques” at the Court’s main building in Mexico City.
  • Barra Mexicana president Ana María Kudisch said a gender perspective is indispensable for effective rights protection and for strengthening the democratic rule of law.
  • Contributors and officials highlighted concrete measures, including a proposed National Care System, and called for systematic integration of gender analysis across public programs and legal practice.