- The results of the 2021 Children and Youth Consultation corresponding to Baja California Sur . are presented
On Wednesday, June 15, 2022, the Local Executive Board of the National Electoral Institute of Baja California Sur (INEBCS) conducted the official presentation of the relevant findings of the Consultation on Children and Youth (CIJ) 2021, corresponding to the exercise in with the aim of expanding its reach within the overall framework of the National Civic Culture Strategy 2017-2023 .
In the presence of representatives of the ICJ 2021 Institutional Coordination Team, electoral authorities, the media, representatives of political parties, as well as the interested public, INEBCS Executive Member, Lic. She thanked the valuable cooperation between institutions at the three levels of government, civil society organizations, as well as volunteers who made this civic practice possible.
as a special guest Electoral Adviser to the General Council of the National Electoral Institute, d. Adriana Favela Herrera stressed, during her virtual intervention, that the results of this exercise are strong and provide a space for participation for children and youth who contribute to thinking about the needs and shortcomings of this population.
For his part, the Director General of the Economic and Social Development Fund, Luis Alberto Cecina Romero, attended on behalf of Mitra. SEDIF President Patricia Imelda López Navarro thanked the institute for carrying out this engagement exercise and for taking children and adolescents into account, as it is so important to have information that allows better decisions to be made.
In his participation, Adviser to the Interim President of the State Electoral Institute BCS, Metro. Chikara Yanumi Toda, celebrated the INE’s initiative with this type of exercise, by convening several organizations to work together for the benefit of children and adolescents in Southern California.
Diving was also present. José Rigoberto Maris Aguilar, Chair of the Committee on the Rights of Children and Adolescents in the House of Representatives for the State of Baja California Sur, who recognized that this type of exercise is of great value, mainly because of the information it provides and also helps to promote the practice of participation from an early age, and that in the future they participate in the processes other democracy in the country.
During the ceremony in the multipurpose room of the local council, children and teenagers, who presented their experiences at ICJ 2021, participated in Amairanny Esperanza Cruz Gómez, representative of the Mixteca indigenous community in BCS and belongs to the age group of 10 to 13 years. , that this type of consultation was conducted and talked about the importance of caring for the environment and beaches.
Francisco Gabriel Pete Palacios, a fifth grade student in the National Institute of Statistics, thanked INS and said he liked the experience of participating in CIJ2021 very much because it allowed children to be heard and asked them not to abuse nature and to work more on caring for the planet. For her part, Sofia Dana Giraldo Melcor said, 15 years, she lived in a happy and loving atmosphere at home. When sharing the experience of the consultation, what I loved the most was that they talked about rights and how they lived during the consultation and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jose Eduardo Sandoval Lizardi, 17, who represented the Telethon children said he was happy to be involved in and take into account the counseling, because he recognized that the exercise gives children and teens a voice.
Next, Arch.Glenda Orozco Rentería, Voice Training and Civic Education Member of the Local Council, was responsible for presenting the results, which highlighted the participation of 33,363 people. Noting that according to the 2020 Population and Housing Census conducted by the National Institute of Statistics, this participation is equivalent to 16.63% of the population living in that age group in the federal entity: 20,066 girls, boys and adolescents from 3 to 17 years old.
At the end of the meeting, it was agreed to draw up a calendar to follow up and continue the actions, by the coordinator, the group.
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