I’m going to start by assuming that a lot of
you just like me
they have among their oldest memories
and surely more endearing the one of
some adult that was important to
you during your childhood
I remember a lot of my two dads
of my dad I remember when the ends
of the week he sat on the floor and left
that my sisters and I comb it grams
with bows and diamond gel with such
that we let him play a little while mario
bros of my mom I remember a habit
that I had to give me a lot
curiosity because especially when not
I knew it was still read all
nights he sat religiously in the
cook with a coffee to solve a
crossword
but there is another very important thing about
that I remember my mom that is that
it seemed that he was always in a hurry and not
only because he had three daughters but
because my mom was and still is
still working mom is what
it meant to me for my sisters
that we started already the nursery from very
girls that my older sister was the one
He was in charge of helping us with the homework
to run us to metiéramos us
bathe and that many times we had to
make do without her
when I was 6 years old, he had an accident
at home
I had to spend a little more than a month in
the hospital and many others in the house
unable to go to school and then my
mom has to be divided between
housework work my
sisters and of course my cares
until there came a time when in
flat had to give up and that to me
it generated a lot of guilt because obviously
had an impact not only on the
my family’s income but also in
family dynamics
it took me many years to understand what it is
the true context of this decision and
of what was happening and I think that today I can
tell them that the day I started as a
see the whole picture was in that to me
they rejected me inside
low because I was pregnant never
before in my life I had felt so
vulnerable and so at the mercy of my
circumstance also by a decision
that I had taken that was to form
a family
when you have children in Mexico while
as a parallel universe in which there
everything we all expect things
nice and adorable nice the no
both diapers and epidural exercise
take a but there is also a factor that is
the one that I would like to talk about today that I think
that rarely put words that is
that many times you become invisible in
some aspects
in mexico the main cause of
gender discrimination is the
maternity
starting with pregnancy we know that
the first years of children’s lives
they are very important for their development and
that many times define as good
how is it going to be the adult personality of
people and yet the license
of maternity in Mexico does not exceed 14
weeks and that or is it the time that
It can happen with your baby
If you had a perfect pregnancy and did not
you have to use some of these weeks
to take care of problems prior to
Birth
another of the things that you learn
when you have a baby or when you
efe pregnant IOM is it
recommends two years of breastfeeding
in Mexico only 14 percent a
moms manage to send their babies
for more than six months
what are the benefits for
working moms
in this sense the lactation permit
in Mexico it is six months for six
months
You have permission to take an hour of your
working day to dedicate to this end
You can do it in two different ways
or you get milk in the bathroom because the
Most offices have no room
of lactation or reduce your workday
one hour which generates another type of
more useful discrimination because at
general there are problems with peers
more than half of the moms that
they work they do it for more than 40
hours per week
this without counting the time they have to
use to move from their homes
to your place of work
this is one more issue that has to do
with health the prevalence rate of
postpartum depression in Mexico is from
20% and its diagnosis and treatment almost
null
before this panorama it is very easy to feel
alone
especially when you have dedicated many
years of your life to be independent and
work I felt very lonely and very
confused because I did not know how I was going to
resume my work life without having to
leave my baby or a year to 36
care of someone else
then a facebook group started
blessed facebook of moms that at
principle we shared our doubts
about motherhood it’s called backpack
We made jokes because he was left
nor mode what caught my attention
course was the phenomenon that the group
it started to grow very fast and that
he talked about what was needed a little more
of empathy with the issue of parenting
but what caught my attention the most is
that a few weeks after we started
to live in this space
we talk more about the panorama many times
discouraging of wanting to have children and
want also or need to continue
generating income that of things that
they were directly related to
children
we started to support each other
others not only in the aspect
emotional but also in the economic
because it turns out that the one that used to have a
prominent position in a transnational
he had given up his job to be able
breastfeed your baby had already released a
line of items for babies and children and
It turns out that the one who used to be a makeup artist
had launched a line of pillows that
are designed for children
can travel comfortably in the car and
also the one that the graphic designer
I had launched a product line
Toxic-free for babies
the reasons why these women
they decided to give up their careers
often on the rise and
we mentioned today there is no place for
moms in a lot of companies
mexican
then we have to create them our
undertake but that means work
of women for the country’s economy
three out of five small and medium
companies in mexico today are led by
a woman
women who have an income do not
matter if it’s from a business
own or if it is through a job
invest up to 70 percent in their
gains in their homes and in their
communities
what about unpaid work of the
women we invest an average of four
hours a day in housework and
care to third parties
this is popularly known as the
double day that is nothing other than
unpaid work
this unpaid work represents the
24% of the country’s GDP from 24 percent
18 percent is contributed by women
and equals 4.5 trillion pesos each
year
today backpack is dedicated to boost the
work of enterprising moms
unfortunately we can only cover
a tiny sector of all the thousands
of women who face
similar circumstances
women in mexico when we decide
have children we face many times
at a crossroads or give up your life
professional and therefore you
economic independence and to your
personal satisfaction or resignations to the
raising your children in any of
the two scenarios terms to depend
someone else
If you decide to stay at home will
depend on which income in general
so that you and your babies can
survive and if you decide to go out to work
happens to depend on the tools that
have for the care of their children
we know that having children implies some
renunciations to undertake implies other
so many will also give up their salary
biweekly benefits as insurance
medical expenses fund saving fund
for retirement
the godin food Friday is very
important
my question in this sense is because
we are so unprotected to do
something that is so natural and more important
that this because relevant
Today we know that a healthy link between a
baby and his mom or any adult who
be in charge of your care
it is an emotional basis that will last
lifetime
the thing is that this link can not be
teaching in a school can not be
replace teach us a summer course
it is built every day
we know that the training of children is
very important
we invest a lot in education to carry the
education to marginal areas reforms
Education in teacher training
but it will not be that for truly
support childhood
we have to start by supporting the
Maternity almost five years ago when
I felt lonely and confused I found
in this community of moms not only
the practical answers to the doubts that
had but also a support that was
fundamental so that I could take
one of the most difficult decisions and
most important that I have taken in my life
that has been staying to raise my daughter
without feeling that I have to give up
all
Many times they ask me if this is not
as a resurgence of motherhood
traditional but I think it’s everything
contrary
what better place to start a change
deep in society is that through
of a close conscious parenting and
amorous
today I want to ask you if it is that
we can give back to the place
what should I really have to
we do is that here too we can
make a community thank you
[Applause]
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