LIKE WOMEN, LIKE POOR MEN And indigenousS
On the participation of the women in the community
San Isidro Aloapam
We them women before, when the municipality and the
agency took well, nonteniamos we right to participate in the assembly,
to tequio and everything what the man does and mistreated eramos.
Or Since when the agency I fight with its municipality or
Since I arrive organizacion CIPO-RFM. Decia that the right
teniamos women just as tenian the men. Since then we already
began to participate to the assemblies and to other things but and no
longer we are mistreated like before. Now our rights and
votes are worth and thanks to the CIPO-RFM.
CIPO- RFM San Isidro Aloapam, dictation by: Rosenda Cross
Perez, Celina Perez Merenciana Cross Cross Alvarez.
Rights of the women
The men and the women we have such right, since in
the Constitution it mentions it. We them women have the right to
demand that we are respected and to have the same work that a man has
and to have the same pay. Also we have the right to study, asi
same we have the right to the vote, to give to our decision about that
we want that he is our municipal representatives, state, federal.
The right of not being mistreated, we have the right of oir and
being listened.
We, like indigenouss women, previously nonsabiamos nothing on
Politicall questions and either beneficiabamos us like women in the
different projects that can be made with the resources of Branches 28
and 33, because single they say that they are municipal questions.
But now as organizacion we know but or except the Politicall
questions, of those who they have pressed to us and we have had the
opportunity to work in productive projects.
Because in spite of everything, we are human and we have
feelings and because we deserve respect.
CIPO- RFM the Reformation) Work group: Carina
Dominguez, Bonifacia Lopez angel
Paschal Dolores Tinder, Julian Passover Angel, Paschal
Felipa Lopez
BEING A AS SPECIAL DAY AS THE ONE OF MOTHER
indigenous..
Day 10 of March of the 2002 we organized ourselves with
organizacion of the CIPO without nobody I force to us and we together
had an agreement on a march with demas communities that estan
organized the popular indigenous Council of Oaxaca- RFM.
Day 8, 9, 10, 11 of May of the 2002 we made a day of fight of
indigenouss women in
city of Oaxaca to demand the government
our rights that are like agrarian and penal and social
subjects. Alli
thousand women, indigenouss ninos and ninas. in the march
participated.
Then day 8 of May we left our town and we arrived in Oaxaca and
we were with demas companeras, and 4 of afternoon we began a march
together with our children and arrived in front of the Palace of
Government requesting justice and our right with our children like
indigenous.
San Isidro Aloapam, Eva Cross Garaa and Guadalupe Alaves.
P.
Day 9 of the same month of May to 8 of the manana we again began
with the march requesting justice and the government did not make case
and we went to the General Procuraduria of Justice. Alli we were
6 hours demanding justice.
Instead of which they received like women and ninos and
indigenouss ninas, instead of which they took care of to us, same
governor Jose Murat I order immediately to its ministerial policias
that left armed and with lagrimoso gas in the amenazandonos hands of
death. Then they began to express the gas where estabamos with
our children and of alli we returned struck in front of the Palace of
Government to demand justice to them, because they beat to us.
Day 10 of the same month of May being a as special day as
the one of the indigenous mother, but the government I do not take to us
into account in that day, because it says that indigenouss we as do not
have right like Mexican citizens, but we are not tired.
We will follow in the fight until the government solves our
problems to us.
Day 11 of the same month of May, since the government
definitively does not give answer and he does not take to us into
account and we are struck, then we went to the Camara de Diputados to
request justice but no of those oftcinas took care of to us.
Instead of which it took care of to us they estan to us
threatening of death. It says that if not retirabamos us of
alli, at that same moment, were going to us to strike to us again.
Then we were in the first house of collection, that this by the
freeway of Oaxaca to Mexico. We were blocking alli in that house
so that the car happened frees without paying.
Day 12 of the same month of May to p of the manana we again
began in the march shouting to him to the government, saying to him:
"we go away, but we returned, until it give answer us"
CIPO- RFM, San Isidro Aloapam,
dictation by the commission of women
named by the general assembly
The life of the women of before
Before, the women who lived in this community
molian in metate in the ground and molian nixtamal and wheat to make
tortillas. As in this time mazorca occurred to much and wheat to
feed its children and the husband who worked in the field. Also
the senoras were going to bring water of the well with cantaros of
mud.
Also the senoras helped to the husband in the field. They
are ponian to wash above in rio
of stones. Habia soap and the men acompanados by
their spouses did not go to the mount to obtain bitter sweet potato
and with these the clothes were washed.
They rose to 2 or 3 of the manana to do the one that to do of
the home. Prendia is limited to see and to be able to make the
work. A time Since the people who tenian donkeys or other
animals were walking everything a day, from the 3 of the manana, to
Etla to obtain I refuel to ignite oil lamps. In year 70 I arrive
I refuel. In year 80 I arrive the light.
Many women did not go to the school by the poverty because not
habia resources for notebooks.
Shoes do not tenian nor. It lacked feeding, they are
vestian with mended clothes, they walked barefoot.
CIPO- RFM NUYOO
dictation by Herminia Lopez Baptist, Sabina Lopez
Baptist, Hernandez Hope Leon, Jesuita Velasco Sarabia
Until dying to us - I create we are going to rest...
The women we straight have also, because it also
has one work, one makes all the works in the house.
The women have but work, because because they must grind, then,
and to make the tortilla. Finishing this it is necessary to
sweep, to wash and if we have animalitos we must go to the field.
And she already arrives afternoon. It is necessary to cook
nixtamal, is necessary to cook again. She never finishes,
newspaper is the same, until dying to us, I create, we are going to
rest. When the men go to the field we make its tHereto.
The men make a single work, he is heavy, and they also get
tired, but it is a single work, because if comes from the field to
clean to the coffee plantation or milpa they estan tired, but already
rest; a woman continues working.
In the community we also have our tequios and our meetings and
the women
they must right to participate. To the women also
they put position to him and they throw its cooperation for all the
commissions, also if they are widows.