Sex Workers in Nayarit Face Charges “Whether They Work or Not” Infobae
go to original October 28, 2022

Mara Rojo, Coordinator of Casa de las Muñecas Tiresias (Infobae)

Sex workers, from the "Casa de las Muñecas Tiresias" seek a solution to the "cobro de piso" that is being implemented in the state of Nayarit.

Mara Rojo, Coordinator of said house, mentioned to local media that the girls who show up to work have been extorted, mainly those who are in the streets of the Historic Center.

Out of fear and defense, the sex workers made at least 200 anonymous calls to the State Attorney General's Office. However, the plaintiffs mentioned that Petronilo Díaz Ponce, prosecutor of said institution, did not take "action on the matter."

Mara Rojo told El Occidental that organized crime allegedly set a daily fee of 200 pesos "whether they work or not," which is why they must turn themselves in, as they do not know if it is true or not.

Mara has taken it upon herself to bring help to the population, since through the Association "Ser Libre Nayarit" she is looking for a way to work on giving health programs to this sector.

Most of the workers ask for the basics, among them the PrEP pill, which helps to reduce the risk of contracting HIV, however, the medicine is not delivered in the state.

According to María Rojo, PrEP is a great help for the girls, since it is a way to be able to work freely, and although the street closures have affected them, their work has decreased.

Kenya Cuevas, activist and human rights defender, founded this place after being a "witness" of the transfeminicide of Paola Buenrostro, which is why she inaugurated this place in 2018 and in 2019 opened the First shelter for trans women in Mexico, Casa Hogar "Paola Buenrostro".

In her development as an activist she accumulated more than 200 recognitions and awards for her career, in addition to participating in academic and legislative spaces, institutional forums and media.

On her website she added that in 2019 she initiated the "Paola Buenrostro Law" which seeks the classification of the crime of transfeminicide in Mexico City. In 2022 it achieved the first sentence with perspective in the case of Naomi Nicole.

In Casa Hogar she seeks to be a space that helps trans women who have a problem of violence and discrimination.

With its program "Recovery of Rights for Trans Women and Social Inclusion" seeks to respond to the needs of these women who have lived histories in the street, sex work, drug use, deprivation of liberty, forced migration, violence and chronic diseases.

They have two locations, Casa Hogar "Paola Buenrostro" and Casa Hogar "Catherinne Danielle Márquez".

The first Casa Hogar was founded with the purpose of providing shelter to transnational and migrant women coming from diverse contexts of inter sectional violence.

In 2019 they had an agreement with the Secretariat of Development and Social Welfare (SIBISO) and on December 16 of that year, the property was formally handed over.

From 2020 onwards, the "Paola Buenrostro" Home sheltered trans women in the midst of the global emergency context of the Covid 19 pandemic.

The Casa Hogar "Catherinne Danielle Márquez" was inaugurated on February 14, 2022 in Cuernavaca, Morelos. This project was thanks to an agreement signed by the State Attorney's Office.

This made it possible to expand the capacity of care in the central zone of the country, where there is a concentration of trans women.

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This article was translated from Spanish using AI technologies. Errors may exist due to this process.

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