Social Reintegration for Women Released from Prison
Urgent call to strengthen social reintegration for women post-prison, addressing inequalities. The Forum at UNAM stresses academic and policy collaboration for lasting solutions.
In a recent forum titled “Derecho al porvenir, mujeres excarceladas del sistema penitenciario” (Right to the Future, Women Released from the Penitentiary System), Mauricio Padrón Innamorato, the Secretary-General of the Institute of Legal Research at UNAM, emphasized the critical need to reinforce academic research and advocate for effective public policies to ensure the social reintegration of women facing inequality and discrimination upon release from prison.
Padrón highlighted that the struggle for the vindication of rights and gender equality demands placing the challenges of women reentering society at the center of public discourse. Women, upon reintegration, often encounter more complex and difficult situations of inequity and poverty, spending three times more time on unpaid care work compared to their male counterparts. Additionally, labor participation rates for women are lower, compounding the hurdles they face.
