The technological race that Mexico cannot lose
Citlalli Hernández Mora said it clearly: Artificial Intelligence is the great challenge to stop digital violence against women. The head of the Women’s Secretariat spoke after signing an agreement with digital platforms, recognizing that technological advancement runs faster than solutions.
“It is the great challenge, to be able to beat or recover time with the accelerated advancement of digital space technologies, of artificial intelligence,” said Hernández Mora. “Because what we don’t want is for violence against women to advance in any space and with any technology.”
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The case is real and chilling: Diego “N”, an IPN student, generated hundreds of sexual images of his classmates using AI. That episode highlighted the urgency of the issue.
“It is something that we have to continue exploring, discussing and seeing how we generate proposals as a Mexican State and as a Women’s Secretariat so that artificial intelligence is not now a new tool that replicates violence,” the official explained.
Meanwhile, digital culture is already taught in schools with content that promotes equality. But that seems insufficient in the face of tools that grow at exponential speed.
Claudia Sheinbaum went further during the morning conference. For the president, ending violence requires attacking deep causes: training in all sectors and education with true equality.
“It is essential for perception to change, education to change, this way in which many of us were educated to change,” lamented Sheinbaum. “Because it seemed that women had no possibility of reaching different areas because it was prohibited.”
The other leg of the strategy is clear: zero impunity in femicides and violence against women. The agreement with platforms is voluntary – there are no criminal sanctions if it is not complied with – but according to Sheinbaum, it represents assuming social responsibility.
“We don’t just need laws, just sanctions,” he said this morning. “But we need to collaborate in the different areas of society so that together we eradicate violence against women.”
The final call was for respect, especially towards female journalists who cover the presidential source. In a country where the digital space has become a battlefield, this race against time is just beginning.
