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The right to information for advancing gender equality and women’s human rights in Mexico

The right to information for advancing gender equality and women’s human rights in Mexico. Federal Institute for Access to Information & Data Protection. December 2, 2013. Index. RTI in Mexico An outlook of women in Mexico The use of RTI by women in Mexico

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The right to information for advancing gender equality and women’s human rights in Mexico

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  1. The right to information for advancing gender equality and women’s human rights in Mexico Federal Institutefor Access toInformation & Data Protection December 2, 2013

  2. Index • RTI in Mexico • An outlook of women in Mexico • The use of RTI by women in Mexico • RTI for advancing gender equality and women’s human rights in Mexico: highlights • Gender budgeting • Reproductive rights • Femicide • Concluding remarks

  3. RTI in Mexico • 2002Federal Transparency and Access to Governmental Public Information Act • 2003 Federal Institute for Access to Information and Data Protection • 2007 Amendment to Article 6 of the Constitution, which enshrines access to information as a fundamental right • 2013 Constitutional amendments to transparency and RTI

  4. An outlook of women in Mexico • In Mexico inhabit 112.3 million people, 57.4 of which are women and 54.9, men • 6/10 womenaged 15 years-and-over in education gap • 9/10 womenaged 14 years-and-over combine their extradomestic activities with housework • 47% of women aged 15 years-and-over were victims of an incident of violence • From the total number of people who requested registration or update in the electoral roll, and were given a credential to vote, 51.8% are women. Source: National Institute of Statistics and Geography. http://www.inegi.org.mx/inegi/contenidos/espanol/prensa/Contenidos/estadisticas/2013/mujer0.pdf

  5. The use of RTI by women in Mexico

  6. * Distribution from a representative sample with 99% confidence and 5% error.

  7. * Distribution from a representative sample with 99% confidence and 5% error.

  8. Annual rate of appeals for review per 100 requests by appellant's reported gender* * Excluding those appellants that did not declare their gender.

  9. * Excluding those appellants that did not declare their gender.

  10. RTI for advancing gender equality and women’s human rights in Mexico: highlights GENDER BUDGETING • 2003; supposed deviation of 30 million Mexican pesos, originally assigned for HIV/AIDS combat and prevention. • Several CSOs undertook the task of searching information to clarify this matter. • Based on the Federal Transparency and Access to Governmental Public Information Act, EquidadA.C. traced information via Internet, using the INFOMEX System. • With the information obtained through SISI, there was certainty over the allotment of 30 million Mexican pesos to Woman Help Center through the Health Secretariat and that such appropriation was made without the consensus of Congress. More informationavailable at: http://inicio.ifai.org.mx/English/right_access.pdf

  11. ASSESSING PUBLIC POLICIES FOR WOMEN • Equis.Justice for Women: In 2012 presented a report on the actual results of the many regulatory advances in women's rights. • Three components selected: the National System to Prevent, Treat, Punish and Eradicate Violence against Women, the Gender Violence Alert, and the Special Prosecutor for Crimes of Violence against Women and Trafficking. • The results of this study reflect the need to demand greater transparency and accountability from government agencies to ensure that national policy and gender budgeting are implemented effectively and with greater impact for Mexican women. More informationavailable at: http://equis.org.mx/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/INFORME-MONITOREO-baja.pdf

  12. REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS • GIRE is a CSO that works to advance women’s reproductive rights in Mexico • It upholds the notion that ATI contributes to reproductive rights, since it allows for: • giving and receiving information about reproduction and sexuality • providing scientific information without any discrimination for health prevention, to decide child spacing, and to know about surgical procedures • facilitating information about budgets, programs and indicators. • In 2013 GIRE presented a report on the state of reproductive rights in Mexico. In preparing it, GIRE relied on federal and local laws, documented cases, statistical data, and access to information requests. • Over 600 information requests were filed before federal and local agencies of the 31 states and the Federal District, through the various computer platforms or online portals created for public consultation of government information. • There is a lack of regulation on assisted reproduction services in Mexico, which has a negative impact on the exercise of human rights, especially the right to start a family and to decide the number and spacing of children. It is therefore urgent that Mexican legislative bodies regulate, through comprehensive legislation, assisted reproduction services to provide legal certainty and protection of human rights of all people involved. More informationavailable at: http://www.miguelcarbonell.com/artman/uploads/1/Gire-Aborto.pdf

  13. FEMICIDE • Journalist Adina del Carmen Barrera Hernández decided to examine if government agencies had complied with international recommendations for addressing femicide • With the purpose of knowing if the Federal Public Administration did comply with the diffusion of international recommendations on femicides, several access to information requests were made before 12 federal agencies • The journalist concluded that there is a simulated strategy for addressing femicide, which she was able to unveil by checking documents issued by federal agencies. She added that access to government information gave her the possibility of obtaining materially supported information that allowed her to expose and denounce the official discourse inconsistencies found in Mexican press. More informationavailable at: http://www.dialogosfelafacs.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/87_Revista_Dialogos_El_DAIP_la_investigacion_periodistica_y_el_feminicidio_en_ciudad-Juarez_Chihuahua.pdf

  14. CONCLUDING REMARKS • Access to information is potentially one of the most important tools in the fight to improve women’s rights in Mexico. • It can in fact be asserted that violations of women’s rights begin with a violation of women’s right to information. • This information is not only necessary for the individual, but also for the policy-making public bodies. Information is an important vehicle for the realization of other rights and access to services; it is a tool to improve standards of living, and to work towards a life free from discrimination

  15. Thankyou tania.sanchez@ifai.org.mx Juanpablo.guerrero@ifai.org.mx

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