Human Rights Commission Asks for Respect for African Descendants in Mexico Dennis A. Garcia - El Universal
go to original July 28, 2017

Underrepresented Afro-Mexican communities are working to change the Constitution to earn their basic rights like healthcare and education. CCTV America's Franc Contreras reports. (CCTV America)

In Mexico, about 705,000 Afro-descendant women continue to be discriminated against and stigmatized, so it is necessary to guarantee and protect their rights, the Mexican Human Rights Commission (CNDH) emphasized.

According to the results of the 2015 Inter-census Survey, conducted by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), up to 1,38 million Mexicans identified themselves as Afro-descendants or Afro-Mexicans, representing 1,2% of the national population.

Of these, 705 thousand are women and 667 thousand are men. The majority of this population resides in the states of Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Veracruz.

"Afro-descendant women in our country are victims of multiple discrimination, stigmatization, and inequality, the authorities and society in general are called to guarantee and protect their rights, as well as to promote opportunities for their participation in politics and decision-making in all areas," it said.

In the context of the International Day of Afro-descendant Women, the Commission headed by Luis Raúl González Pérez expressed concern about the situation to which they are exposed even though their rights are framed in the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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