Women chain themselves to demand a law against vicarious violence in western Mexico

Nato Montes, founder of the organization ‘Mother I do believe you’, explained this Wednesday, June 5, to EFE that the indifference of those who make up the state Congress and the institutions in charge of protecting their rights and those of their children , It motivated them to take more drastic measures to pressure the law to be approved.

“It was the fatigue and indifference of the deputies, since the law was presented to the state Congress they presented it incomplete, the mothers were participating in all the arrangements that they asked to be made, from there some began to ‘throw the ball’ to others and for two years it was practically frozen,” denounced Montes.

The vicarious violence It is a form of gender violence in which women’s daughters and sons are used by their former romantic partners as an object to mistreat them and cause them pain.

In 2023, Mexico recognized this type of violence as a crime and determined specific protocols and measures to prevent it., in addition to sanctions for the aggressors; but Jalisco is one of the eight states that still do not have a state law on the matter.
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Montes affirmed that the importance of its approval This law lies in the protection that the State and institutions must give to those who decide to end a life of violence with their partners and guarantee their rights to coexistence and the care that children should have.

“Many of us report violence, we follow that recommendation and as punishment they take our daughters and sons away from us. It is very important that this law is in place because if you do not teach women that if they report they can take away their daughters and sons and not nothing happens, that instead of eradicating violence, it perpetuates it,” he expressed.

The women have been on hunger strike for seven days outside the Congress of Jaliscochained to the windows of the facility and feeding only on whey, natural water and coconut water.

All of them have suffered physical, economic, patrimonial and psychological violence from their ex-partners.who took their daughters and sons from them with tricks and, on many occasions, helped by judges who issue resolutions without a gender perspective.

Chantal Jaime has not seen her children since last February because Her ex-partner kidnapped them from her house while she was sick. and accuses institutions like the Women’s Justice Center of denying help to those who live in a situation like this.

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“We are looking for protection for ourselves, protection for our children, because every time we go to an institution they tell us that nothing can be done, because he is his father; What we want is a law that defends us, that these people who are aggressors, who are violent, cannot have that right over our childhoods,” he stated.

In addition to the sit-in, the women carry out protests by banging pots and pans so that citizens know their requests. They hope that Congress will discuss and approve the legislation in an extraordinary session, although this will depend on the will of the deputies, some of them against this law.

EFE