Beatriz Rojas Martínez (born 21 December 1966) is a Mexican lawyer and politician.
She has served as director of the National System for Integral Family Development for Mexico City since 23 October 2024. She was a federal deputy for the city's 7th district, corresponding to the Gustavo A. Madero borough, from 2018 to 2024, serving as secretary of the Gender Equality Commission for the 64th Legislature.
Biography Beatriz Rojas Martínez was born in Mexico City on 21 December 1966. In 2009 she earned a licentiate in law from the Universidad del Valle de México.
From 2009 to 2012 and 2015 to 2018, Rojas served as a local deputy in the Congress of Mexico City. Among her legislative activities, she promoted, in collaboration with women's civil society organizations, academics, and the , a series of reforms and modifications to the Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure, harmonizing them with the Law on Women's Access to a Life Free of Violence. She codified the crime of femicide, which punishes anyone who takes the life of a woman for reasons of gender and with extreme violence, and amended the Law on Trafficking, establishing harsher penalties for those who violate the human rights of victims of trafficking, sexual exploitation, and labor exploitation.
She was elected to the federal Chamber of Deputies in 2018, and that October, she successfully petitioned the body to include the commemorative phrase LXIV Legislatura de la Paridad de Género (64th Legislature of Gender Parity) on its communication platform, as well as on official documentation and stationery.
She was named director of the National System for Integral Family Development for Mexico City on 23 October 2024.
Since 2016, together with (creator of the Interactive Map of Femicide), Rojas has promoted visibility of the victims of femicide and to have the issued in Mexico City, thus implementing mechanisms to safeguard the lives of women.
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