The House Committee on Welfare of Children on Monday, Dec. 12, began initial deliberations on a bill that would consolidate several proposed measures for the Magna Carta of day care workers, which seeks to improve the working conditions of the workers by increasing their allowances and other benefit
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas has filed a House bill (HB) seeking regularization, salary increase, and improved benefits for child development workers (CDWs).
Gabriela Women's Party-list Rep. Brosas and representatives of the CDW sector (Makabayan/Gabriela Media)
Brosas filed
Mexico protests demand justice, answers for violence, missing women 2 minutes read
Mexico City/Juarez City/Oaxaca, Mar 7 (efe-epa).- Women across Mexico on Sunday carried out a large marches and protests to demand justice for gender-based violence and answers on the whereabouts of missing women.
A march in Juárez City began in Puerta de Juárez with vehicles painted covered phrases such as “March 8 is not to celebrate, it is to fight” and “Being a woman should not be a danger” among the messages.
Juárez is known internationally for its high number of femicides. In 2020, 185 intentional homicides against women were registered and 28 of these took place in January of this year alone. In addition, there are 166 women missing from the city, cases that have accumulated in the span of 10 years.