Mexican Legal Provisions which eliminate Gender Violence in Education: Historical and Current Perspectives

Abstract

Since the “derechohumanista” reform to the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States of 2011, rules and principles have been incorporated that enhance the obligation for all Mexican authorities (including educational authorities) to promote, respect, protect, and guarantee human rights. Therefore, rebuilding educational processes on issues of gender violence is urgent and mandatory. But what has been the evolution of the right to education in Mexican constitutionalism? Knowing this progress is enriching and clarifying to understand how it has become a fundamental right. Furthermore, addressing this problem is essential to raise awareness of the evolution of the constitutional systems of the 19th and 20th centuries, and this will allow us to contextualize the problems of gender violence that currently exist in socio-educational communities. 

The objective of this article focuses on visualizing the historical and current perspectives that exist in the educational community on gender issues; with this, it will be possible to establish whether the Mexican legal provisions eliminating gender violence are complied with. As methodological validation, a survey instrument was applied to undergraduate students at the Autonomous University of Coahuila randomly. The results show the perspective of the students regarding the “relationship of gender violence in the educational community” and the “recognition of processes and products that eliminate gender violence”. The above allows us to conclude that, from the perspective of the students, constitutional bodies turn out to be (mandatory) tools in education that eliminate gender violence.