We are in the month of March, recognized by countries throughout the world as the month to celebrate the achievements of women, their contributions to society and, promoting gender equality. Throughout this month, many activities will be held in honor of the struggles, uphill, against rain and tides to achieve equality and respect for women.
Latina women have been oppressed both by society and by our own men. The doctrine of machismo has been used by our men to take out their frustrations on their wives, sisters, mothers, and daughters. Our men must support their women in their struggle for economic and social equality and must recognize that our women are equal in every way within the ranks of those struggling for a better quality of life.
In 1982, the United States Congress declared March as Women’s Month. This was in commemoration of March 8, 1857, when in New York City, garment women marched to denounce inhumane working conditions and low wages.
Like many other women, our compatriots of Latino descent suffer from a lack of education and employment opportunities, as well as the siege of violence and insecurity, which force them to take on a heavier burden than men and like other groups ethnic groups are also victims of racial ethnic discrimination, which must be attacked forcefully.
Many women in Philadelphia work hard to promote the development of the Latino community and respect for their human rights. These brave Latina women also recognize the importance of knowing, disseminating, contributing, and contributing to their identity as people who advocate for our community.
Throughout this month, organizations dedicated to serving and fighting for Latino communities will carry out a series of activities to highlight the contribution, traditions, and customs of Latino women, but also to raise awareness about neglect and backwardness. in which this ethnic group finds itself submerged, which in recent years has also been dispossessed of its lands.
This generation of Latin women must serve as models to emulate to achieve the right to quality education, inclusion in economic and social projects, and participation in circles of power, where the presence of Latin women is low due to discriminatory practices.
Many women in Philadelphia work to further the development of their community, which is too often ignored by the two majority races. These five women that I mention here with great pride, advocate for their own civil and human rights and those of their community to be respected: Jodi Reynhout, Senior Vice President of Community Participation at Esperanza Inc., Erika Almirón, former Director of Juntos, and candidate to the City Council in 2019, Jennifer Albandoz, Director of Human Services for the Philadelphia Department of Prisons, Loida Moreno, Director of Volunteers and Programs for the Philadelphia Department of Prisons, and Perla Lara, editor of Impacto newspaper.
