Mexico's Secretariat of Women adrift for 50 days without a permanent head

Fifty days have passed since Citlalli Hernández Mora resigned from her post as head of Mexico's Secretariat of Women to support the Morena party in upcoming elections. Since her departure on April 16, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo has yet to announce a successor for the federal agency.

During a press conference on May 18, Sheinbaum Pardo stated that a replacement had been chosen and would be named that same week. However, this promise went unfulfilled. The president attributed the delay to her ongoing review of the candidates' profiles, asserting that there was no specific reason for the hold-up, even though other cabinet changes had been announced on the same day a secretary resigned.

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I was reviewing the profiles of the colleagues.

Despite the absence of a permanent titular head, the Secretariat of Women has continued its work. According to the president, operations at the LIBRE Centers and the Tejedoras de la Patria program remain active. Sheinbaum Pardo also acknowledged the effective work of two subsecretaries: María Elvira Concheiro Bórquez, responsible for Substantive Equality, and Ingrid Gómez Saracibar, in charge of the Right to a Life Free from Violence.

Hernández Mora, who is now the president of Morena's National Elections Commission, defended the secretariat's functionality, stating it was designed to operate independently of a single individual. She noted on social media that an acting head is in place, and the agency has an annual plan, goals, and projected actions, with all staff continuing their work.

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There is an acting head, there is an Annual Plan, goals, lines of action, planning, and projected actions. All the colleagues continue working on it.