Equality and affirmative actions: The case of priority access to the Child Care and Attention Centers of Mexico City (CACI)

This comment criticizes the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation decision, taken in the “acción de inconstitucionalidad” 215/2020, of rejecting a formal argument of equality, which implies the inclusion of men, in an affirmative action in favor only of women. Except for the ponent, the justices co...

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Autor: Olmos de la Torre, Francisco Alejandro
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:México
Recursos:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Cuestiones Constitucionales. Revista Mexicana de Derecho Constitucional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/16169
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.juridicas.unam.mx/index.php/cuestiones-constitucionales/article/view/16169
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:affirmative actions
women
constitutionality
formal equality
structural equality
infrainclusive-ness
overinclusiveness
equality test
acciones afirmativas
mujeres
constitucionalidad
igualdad formal
igualdad estructural
infrain-clusividad
suprainclusividad
test de igualdad
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Resumo:This comment criticizes the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation decision, taken in the “acción de inconstitucionalidad” 215/2020, of rejecting a formal argument of equality, which implies the inclusion of men, in an affirmative action in favor only of women. Except for the ponent, the justices considered that this approach even made the problem of women invisible and strengthened the “macho” culture. Two visions of equality seem to conflict: one formal and the other structural. From a conciliatory point of view, the author tries to expose the reasonableness of the formal equality approach, arguing why it does not compromise women, as a socially excluded group, in this case.