With the objective of ensuring that girls and women travel safely through the streets, the Congress of Mexico City approved a proposal to request the heads of the Ministry of Works and Services (SOBSE) and the Command, Control, and Computing Center , Communications and Citizen Contact (C5), install a “Safe Path: Walk Free, Walk Safe”, in coordination with the local Women’s Secretariat, on North Avenue, between Calle 6 and Calle 7, Agrícola Pantitlán neighborhood, Iztacalco mayor’s office.
When presenting the point of agreement, representative María de Lourdes Paz Reyes (PT) stated that thousands of people attend this neighborhood, due to the commerce that takes place on Calle 7, “it has approximately 1,400 formal and informal merchants and 500 stalls, in addition to the existence of the Mercado San Juan, known as the largest meat market in Latin America.”
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He explained that the Safe Paths program is carried out by SOBSE, to improve streets and areas considered high risk and have public spaces free of violence for girls and women.
“Actions and improvements are carried out that range from increasing lighting and urban infrastructure to make the streets safer, to the installation of surveillance cameras, speakers and emergency buttons connected to the C5, where situations are attended to in real time and sends authorities, patrols, ambulances or firefighters when it is considered necessary,” highlighted the local congresswoman.
He recalled that the implementation of this program seeks to contribute positively to the eradication of gender violence on public roads, by improving the space, and generating a positive visual identity through various types of artistic interventions.
And encourage citizen participation by involving communities and neighborhoods in the promotion of peace, coexistence and social inclusion, applying the gender perspective transversally.
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2023-11-05 22:49:28
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