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Mexico expands gender reforms and protection services

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June‑July 2026 saw a wave of legislative and municipal actions deepening gender‑inclusion and protection measures across Mexico. In Oaxaca, deputies amended procurement rules to give priority to women‑led SMEs and added gender‑equality criteria to municipal development plans, while a second ordinary legislative session focused on social‑justice reforms. Veracruz’s legislature approved reforms criminalising sexual harassment, low‑cost municipal financing and expanded protections for women and children. Municipalities launched skill‑training programmes for women: cake‑decorating in Zacapu (Michoacán), carpentry for mothers in Guadalupe (Zacatecas), and over 400 courses in Ciudad Juárez ranging from sewing to AI basics. The federal “Centros Libre” network expanded, with Puebla reporting a 60 % drop in femicides after adding 50 centres, Coahuila inaugurating its 30th site, and Yucatán opening 14 new centres to total 45. Guanajuato issued more than 13 000 protection orders; Quintana Roo deployed a Mobile Women’s Unit. New municipal brigades and outreach campaigns were introduced in Tizimín, Valladolid, Chemax and Múzquiz to safeguard girls. State reforms linked services to gender goals: Oaxaca’s tourism law now mandates gender inclusion; Guerrero distributed “Tarjeta Violeta” cash‑plus‑training cards; Coahuila rolled out vocational training and a “violentómetro”. The INE announced permanent programs to curb political violence against women, and Puebla and the federal health ministry signed a protocol treating sexual‑violence cases as emergencies. Recent proposals in Puebla and Mexico City aim to prevent revictimisation of children and create an autonomous Women’s Prosecutor’s Office. In August, Puebla launched the “Niñas y Adolescentes Libres y Seguras” strategy, funded by FOBAM, with mobile information modules, house‑to‑house outreach, school activities and materials in indigenous languages, targeting municipalities under gender‑based violence alerts and backed by President Sheinbaum and Governor Armenta Mier. In early August, Querétaro’s state labor secretariat added new women‑focused employment initiatives.

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