How does the woman participate in the Zapatista movement?
(This question was asked directly to the woman that was a part of the commission that receives visitors. However, after a long silence, one the males was forced to answer.) The woman does not participate as she should. She has always stayed on the margin. For many years she did not have a voice and did not participate in the decision making process, but now we think that the situation of woman and man is of equality and we hope that the women will soon participate in the Meetings of Good Government. By whom are the meetings of good government formed? They are formed by 14 persons, two of each autonomous municipality. They are elected by the people, and here no money is spent to win the power like in the political campaigns. Here the people give the power to whomever they think is the best man. Here, nobody asks for the power. They receive the power from the people. How do you solve your health problems? We’ve always had very poor healthcare attention on the part of the government. But,
