PUBLIC POLICY APPLIED IN THE EXERCISE OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN AN URBAN CONTEXT: WORKSHOP TO RAISE AWARENESS FOR A LIFE FREE OF VIOLENCE

Abstract

Human rights are inherent to any human being, it is imperative that they assert themselves to aspire to a better quality of life, but they are not respected in the same way for the whole society. Today different agents and agencies have violated the rights of indigenous women in many ways; Given the situation, the problem can be analyzed from different perspectives, including: the adjudication of responsibility towards the laws and authorities that must be guarantors of them also from the society in general, being the same individuals the main responsible to respect them. For this reason, it is necessary to reflect, contribute and create mechanisms in applied public policy that reach women directly, allowing them to approach their rights and guarantees of a life free of violence. This social challenge implies confronting cultural resistance of historically incorporated women who naturalize violence in all its forms of expression. Therefore, this document compiles the experience of a workshop implemented in the city of Pachuca Hidalgo, which is derived from a previous diagnosis in the subject of the human rights of women who are vulnerable due to their indigenous condition. After the launch of this exercise, distinctive experiences and findings were achieved in the target population and its main achievement was that the participants themselves joined support networks and assumed themselves as people with aspirations for change in the way they live from their gender in education, health and family.