Women Get Government Assistance in Chiapas
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February 23, 2010
| | Governor Sabines gives grants to vulnerable women in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. | |
Tuxtla Gutiérrez - 2,000 grants for single, abandoned or widowed women who have children in secondary school have been provided by Governor Juan Sabines Guerrero in order to normalize the situation of women in Chiapas.
The grants, 300 and 650 pesos per month, will assist young mothers to finish secondary school and single mothers to cover expenses so that their children finish secondary school. Governor Sabines Guerrero, accompanied by his wife, Isabel Aguilera de Sabines, President of DIF Chiapas, also delivered 600 grants for young pregnant women and teenage mothers who are attending secondary school.
"Although in Chiapas we speak different languages and different dialects, we understand each other because we have the same objectives, the same causes. This cause that unites us all is to have access to a dignified quality education and, above all, a future with better opportunities for our children," the Governor stated.
This educational assistance will benefit children from the 28 municipalities with the lowest human development index. The Governor also delivered 3,282 bicycles, 1,289 backpacks filled with school materials, school uniforms and shoes to boys and girls of several municipalities as part of the UNICEF program called "All to School."
Visibly emotional, Yuridia Ruiz Velasco, a beneficiary from the indigenous municipality Chanalho, said that with this help, the authorities are giving her and her classmates the tools to be able to continue studying.
Accompanied by Monica Bucio, UNICEF Director in Chiapas, the Governor called on the general public to end discrimination, to respect different cultures, genders and faiths. As evidence of the special emphasis the State Government has placed on the rights of the child, especially for children of migrants, the Governor reported that 2,000 birth certificates had been given to migrant children so that they will have the same opportunities as everyone else.
"This is what we are doing in Chiapas, an act of respect, an act of respect for their future, education and identity," the Governor said.
DIF Director, Margarita Martinez Paniagua, said that the state administration has succeeded in converting the problems of school absenteeism, school drop-outs, insufficient educational coverage and illiteracy into opportunities. "We must stay on course and strengthen the program's objective: all boys and girls in school, to incorporate all children into the education system, so that in 2015 all children are able to complete a full cycle of primary education," she said.
The Governor thanked the Telmex Foundation and Banamex for being attentive and great allies to the Chiapans, for having contributed to many difficult causes in solidarity with the authorities.
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