More than a date on the calendar
This Sunday, March 8, the streets will be filled with purple, slogans and memory. Let’s not be confused: International Women’s Day is not a celebration with balloons. It is a powerful, uncomfortable and necessary reminder.
A reminder that the rights we take for granted today are the result of a historical resistance that cost lives. Like that textile strike of 1857 or the tragic fire in the Cotton factory of 1908, where 129 women died defending what was just.
“It is a day of reflection and action, not of romantic congratulations.”
The fight continues (and it has names)
Yes, there is progress. There is talk of integrating the gender perspective into laws so that equality is real and tangible, not just a pretty piece of paper. But come on, let’s be honest.
The numbers of femicides have dropped a little, but access to justice continues to be an expensive labyrinth for many. Legal costs, lack of support… economic barriers are another form of violence.
That’s why he’s leaving this Sunday. Feminist collectives throughout Mexico have called to come out, to demand, to be seen. The message to the authorities is clear: respect the slogans and the right to demonstrate.
Behind every statistic there is a life. Like that of Beatriz Muñoz, a chemist specialized in calibration. Or that of Karina Garza, photographer. Yuridia González, architect. Nancy Obregón, dental surgeon. Alicia Flores, judge.
Professionals, artists, scientists. Women who build a country every day. Their simple existence is already a political act in a world that still puts obstacles in their way. This 8M is for them, for those who are no longer here and for those who are coming.
The slogan is clear: turn legal equality into a palpable reality. And that is not achieved with roses. It is achieved in the streets.
