Francia Márquez and her call to confront gender violence

“It implies the availability of economic resources to deal with this type of situation because each emergency situation implies that the State activates the necessary mechanisms to deal with that situation,” the vice president argued.

However, according to Márquez, this declaration is not enough, since it must be accompanied by a radical transformation “from home, to government institutions, the institutions where we work and work, and even a cultural transformation of those patterns of machismo and violence that today are sadly resulting in this series of murders and violence to which as women we are frequently subjected”.

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It is expected that this week the Government will hold a security council to seek measures against “femicides, trafficking in women, intrafamily violence, among other crimes” and outline the measures to be developed.

This advice is announced days after the femicide of Erika Aponte, a 26-year-old girl who was shot and killed by her ex-partner in a shopping center in Bogotá last Sunday when Mother’s Day was celebrated in Colombia, which is precisely one of the most violent days for women.

Francia Márquez and the Ministry of Equality

The vice president also spoke about the Ministry of Equality that she will lead and whose creation was approved last December by Congress, but which has not yet become a reality.

Márquez alleged that the “regulation” of the ministry “is the responsibility of the president”, which he has not yet done: “We hope that in the few days left to present the regulation, it will be achieved and that regulation will serve the country and serve women “, he estimated.