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Coahuila gender alert request has been buried for two years

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Feminist groups in Coahuila say their request for a gender violence alert, filed in July 2024, has stalled for two years without a federal decision.
  • Activists attribute the delay to budget cuts and a lack of political will, while warning that women face revictimization and perpetrators often face no consequences.
  • The state recorded 4.58 million people in poverty in the Greater Buenos Aires region?

A request for a gender violence alert in Coahuila has remained stalled for two years, with activists saying the delay reflects the federal government’s limited interest in protecting women while feminicidal violence continues in the state.

Sofía Díaz, legal representative of the group Asamblea Mujeres que Luchan por Mujeres, said the request was filed in July 2024. She criticized the lack of progress despite a reform that set a maximum period of 45 days to establish a gender alert. Activists had expected the creation of the federal Secretariat for Women, replacing the National Women’s Institute, to bring a different response. “It is still the case that we have made no progress. There is no budget to continue because of spending cuts. We will continue without substantial progress on the alert. It has been back and forth,” Díaz said.

It is still the case that we have made no progress. There is no budget to continue because of spending cuts. We will continue without substantial progress on the alert. It has been back and forth.

· Sofía DíazShe criticized the lack of progress on Coahuila’s gender violence alert request.

Díaz recalled that, in December 2025, the official responsible for gender alerts at the Secretariat for Women told her there was no budget to send personnel to conduct interviews. The Secretariat’s 2026 budget totaled 2.14 billion pesos, according to information published on the National Transparency Platform.

We have not seen significant, real changes, changes that affect women and girls in the state.

· Brenda OlivasShe described the impact of changes at the Secretariat for Women.

Brenda Olivas, a member of the Abogadas Laguneras collective, said changes at the Secretariat had existed only on paper. “We have not seen significant, real changes, changes that affect women and girls in the state,” she said. Olivas added that women often do not report violence because they expect revictimization and believe their attackers will face no consequences. “There is tremendous revictimization to begin with. That leads you to no longer want to report. Why speak up if there will be no consequences?”

Díaz said she felt disappointed with President Claudia Sheinbaum’s government. She had expected more funding for investigations and sanctions, but said the government had not shown that it was a government for women or one that adequately funded the relevant agencies. When the alert request was filed, Torreón was among the 10 cities with the highest number of feminicides, she said.

There is tremendous revictimization to begin with. That leads you to no longer want to report. Why speak up if there will be no consequences?

· Brenda OlivasShe explained why victims may avoid reporting violence.
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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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