Mexico announces comprehensive plan against sexual abusers

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7 
PROGRAM #10952 12:00 PM PT 

Mexico Edition. 

After being sexually assaulted, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reported her attacker to the authorities, and her government announced a comprehensive plan against abusers to make sexual abuse a serious criminal offense and speed up the legal process. A senior official explains the plan, and listeners offer a range of opinions on the president’s safety, women’s safety, and sexual harassment. This and other news are discussed in the program.

This program includes excerpts from recent statements by Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo; Citlali Hernández, secretary of Mexico’s Ministry for Women; and the undersecretary for North America at Mexico’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Roberto Velasco Alvarez.

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