Linkage and Comprehensive Care for Women
VAIM is a policy that frames all consular actions and services with a gender perspective.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs │ November 6, 2023
Linkage and Comprehensive Care Policy for Women
The information contained in this section is subject to constant changes and modifications.
With the objective of providing information of interest on topics of consular protection, legal advice, health, psychology, among many others, the Mexican consular network implemented the consular protection strategy for girls and women through Mexico’s representations in the United States, Canada, and Europe in 2016, 2022, and 2023, respectively.
The accumulated experience from collaboration with numerous groups and local authorities has made it possible to implement the cross‑sectoral care that unites all consular processes and services in favor of Mexican girls and women abroad.
The Linkage and Comprehensive Care Policy for Women — VAIM — is continuously evolving to strengthen mechanisms of action and interaction, favoring comprehensive development and reproducing positive values. The priority of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is to safeguard the rights of girls, adolescents, and women, and to facilitate tools for empowerment, reducing situations of risk and/or vulnerability.
The Linkage and Comprehensive Care Policy for Women — VAIM — aims to foster the comprehensive development of Mexican girls and women through the implementation of diverse strategies based on the consular services offered by Mexico’s representations in the world.
Through the execution of multidisciplinary actions, VAIM recognizes girls and women as rights‑bearing individuals who act as agents of change in society.
Strengthening alliances with different organizations and the exchange of good practices allows incorporating mechanisms with a gender perspective to promote and protect consular and preventive protection actions in favor of Mexican girls and women located in different latitudes.
To all Mexican girls and women who live or travel outside of Mexico and require assistance, particularly those in situations of vulnerability (e.g., victims of violence, immigration advice, support for women of the LGBTQ+ community).
VAIM provides a coordinated and cross‑sectoral response of consular and preventive assistance and protection through the execution of programs that provide services in different areas, highlighting assistance to victims of violence. Consular personnel have physical and human tools to identify information about associations, groups, and institutions that can support on various topics, including:
- Higher education programs and learning of diverse trades.
- Workplace discrimination.
- Assistance to persons who are victims of any type of violence.
- Legal advice.
- Psychological and emotional therapies.
- Business training workshops.
- Language learning.
- Health programs.
- Job placement assistance.
- Financial guidance.
Find here some recommendations to keep yourself safe:
- If your integrity or safety are at risk, request a protection order.
- Inform trusted family members and/or friends.
- Prepare an emergency bag.
- Save/take photos of important documents.
- Call the emergency numbers in your locality.
- Mexican Embassies and Consulates, through their allies, can help you make a safety plan.
With the purpose of identifying the different types of violence, some concepts are defined for easy recognition:
Sexual harassment: Violence in which, even though there is no subordination, there is an abusive act of power that leads to a state of defenselessness and risk for the victim.
Trafficking in persons: Recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons by means of threat or use of force or another form of coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power, or a situation of vulnerability or receipt of payments or benefits to obtain the consent of a person who has authority over another, for the purpose of exploitation.
Sexual harassment (hostigamiento sexual): Exercise of power in a real subordinate relationship of the victim to the aggressor in work and/or school environments.
Economic violence: This type of violence occurs with economic limitations, such as controlling income in economic earnings, as well as a lower salary for the same work in the same work area.
Family violence: Abusive act aimed at dominating, submitting, controlling, or physically, verbally, psychologically, patrimonially, economically, and sexually assaulting women inside or outside the family home, whose aggressor has a relationship of kinship by blood or affinity through marriage or cohabitation.
Physical violence: A non‑accidental act using physical force, weapons, or objects that cause injuries, whether internal or external, or both.
Institutional violence: Acts or omissions by public servants of any level of government that discriminate or aim to delay, obstruct, or prevent the enjoyment and exercise of women’s human rights, as well as access to and enjoyment of the public policies intended to prevent, address, investigate, sanction, and eradicate the different types of violence.
Workplace violence: Violence exerted by persons who have an employment relationship; it consists of an act of abuse of power that harms the victim’s self‑esteem, health, integrity, freedom, and safety, preventing their development and attacking against equality. It can consist of a single act or several acts that include harassment and sexual harassment.
Property violence: A type of violence that affects survival. It manifests in the transformation, removal, destruction, retention, or diversion of objects, personal documents, goods and values, patrimonial rights, or economic resources intended to satisfy needs, covering shared or personal assets of the victim.
Psychological violence: It occurs with harm to emotional stability, such as abandonment, indifference, infidelity, insults, humiliations, devaluation, destructive comparisons, rejection, threats, etc., which result in the victim experiencing depression, isolation, devaluation of self‑esteem, and even leading to suicide.
Sexual violence: Act that degrades or harms the body and/or sexuality of the victim and therefore undermines their freedom, dignity, and physical integrity. It is an expression of abuse of power by a male figure over the woman, denigrating and conceiving her as an object.
Mexican representations in the world are Safe Zones
Mexican Embassies and Consulates are Safe Zones. Through the combination of various physical and strategic elements, analysis of situations in the consular district, data delimitation, and coordination plans among the different areas of assistance, as well as the application of assistance protocols, it is possible to implement a network of specialized services in favor of girls and/or women who require it, identifying possible protection cases.
Be assured that in the Safe Zones they are governed by a confidentiality policy that protects at all times the identity and procedures of the girls and women who require assistance.
Contact: Consulate General of Mexico in San Diego
Phone: 619‑231‑3847
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Linkage and Comprehensive Care Policy for Women (VAIM)
The VAIM is a policy that encompasses all consular actions and services with a gender perspective.
Linkage and Comprehensive Care Policy for Women
The information contained in this section is subject to constant change and modification.
With the goal of providing information of interest on topics such as consular protection, legal advice, health, psychology, and many others, the Mexican consular network implemented a consular protection strategy for girls and women through Mexico’s diplomatic missions in the United States, Canada, and Europe in 2016, 2022, and 2023, respectively.
The experience gained from collaboration with numerous associations and local authorities has made it possible to establish a cross-sectoral approach that unites all consular processes and services in favor of Mexican girls and women abroad.
The Linkage and Comprehensive Care Policy for Women — VAIM — is continuously evolving to strengthen mechanisms of action and interaction, promoting holistic development and reinforcing positive values. The priority of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs is to safeguard the rights of girls, adolescents, and women, and to provide tools for empowerment, thereby reducing situations of risk and/or vulnerability.
The VAIM aims to foster the full development of Mexican girls and women through the implementation of various strategies based on the consular services offered by Mexico’s diplomatic offices around the world. By carrying out multidisciplinary actions, the VAIM recognizes girls and women as rights-bearing individuals and agents of change in society.
Strengthening alliances with different organizations and sharing best practices allows the incorporation of gender-focused mechanisms to promote and protect consular and preventive protection services for Mexican girls and women located across different regions.
The VAIM provides coordinated and comprehensive responses for consular and preventive assistance and protection through the implementation of programs that deliver services in various areas, with particular emphasis on support for victims of violence. Consular staff have both physical and human resources to identify information about associations, groups, and institutions that can assist on a variety of issues, including:
- Higher education programs and vocational training.
- Workplace discrimination.
- Assistance to victims of all types of violence.
- Legal advice.
- Psychological and emotional therapy.
- Business training workshops.
- Language learning.
- Health programs.
- Job placement assistance.
- Financial guidance.
Here are some recommendations to help keep you safe:
- If your safety or well-being is at risk, request a protection order.
- Inform trusted family members and/or friends.
- Prepare an emergency bag.
- Save or take photos of important documents.
- Call your local emergency numbers.
- Mexican embassies and consulates, through their partners, can help you create a safety plan.
To help identify different types of violence, some concepts are defined for easier recognition:
- Sexual harassment: Violence in which, even without formal subordination, an abusive act of power results in a state of vulnerability and risk for the victim.
- Trafficking in persons: The recruitment, transport, transfer, harboring, or receipt of people through threat or use of force, coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse of power, or of a position of vulnerability for the purpose of exploitation.
- Workplace discrimination: Limitation of economic resources, such as controlling income or paying lower wages for the same work in the same area.
- Family violence: Abusive acts aimed at dominating, controlling, or assaulting women physically, verbally, psychologically, financially, economically, or sexually, by a relative or intimate partner.
- Physical violence: Non-accidental use of physical force, weapons, or objects causing injury.
- Institutional violence: Acts or omissions by public servants that discriminate against, delay, obstruct, or prevent women from enjoying their human rights or accessing public policies intended to prevent and address violence.
- Psychological violence: Harm to emotional stability, such as abandonment, insults, humiliation, destructive comparisons, rejection, or threats, which can lead to depression, isolation, or loss of self-esteem.
- Sexual violence: Acts that degrade or harm the victim’s body and/or sexuality, undermining freedom, dignity, and physical integrity.
Mexican diplomatic missions around the world are Safe Zones:
Mexican embassies and consulates are considered Safe Zones. Through strategic planning, coordination, and assistance protocols, a network of specialized services can be implemented to support girls and women in need and identify cases requiring protection.
Be assured that Safe Zones operate under confidentiality policies that protect the identity and processes of girls and women seeking assistance at all times.
Contact: Consulate General of Mexico in San Diego
Phone: 619-231-3847
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Child Support
Persons under 18 years of age have the right to receive from their parents sufficient financial support to cover their needs (food, clothing, housing, medical care, education, among others), even if one of the parents does not reside in Mexico.
In this regard, the Consulate of Mexico assists in processing the application for child support for minors whose parents live in San Diego, CA.
The child support application is carried out through the competent foreign authorities. The consulate only acts as an intermediary between the applicant and those authorities, and therefore is not responsible for the time the process takes or the decision issued.
In the United States it is not possible to file child support requests if the support obligor resides in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Maryland, Oklahoma, Virginia, and Wisconsin, since these states do not recognize a collaboration mechanism with Mexico on child support. Likewise, some other states or counties may reject processing requests that originate from Mexico.
If you need to file a child support application, go to the nearest office of the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs delegation to your home in Mexico, or to the General Directorate for the Protection of Mexicans Abroad if you are in Mexico City or the metropolitan area.
Tel. 619-231-3847
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Repatriation of Remains or Ashes
This program offers guidance, advice, and support to complete the procedures and obtain the necessary documentation to transport the remains or ashes of persons who die abroad for final disposition in Mexico. It does not apply to transporting remains to a country other than Mexico, nor to another destination within the country where the death occurred.
REQUIREMENTS
The burial must take place in Mexico. Family members must present the required documentation and comply with the health regulations established both in Mexico and in the country where the death occurred. If the family members of the deceased are not in the place of death, they will need to go to one of the foreign delegations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Mexico. If they reside in the Mexico City metropolitan area, they must go to the SRE offices at Plaza Juárez No. 20, first floor, Col. Centro, Mexico City, C.P. 06010, to request guidance on the procedures.
Below is a list of funeral homes that Mexican nationals use for their arrangements through the Consulate. You may choose any funeral home in San Diego County:
- Del Ángel San Diego – Funeral home in San Diego, California
Address: 3960 Imperial Ave, San Diego, CA 92113
Phone: (619) 241-4704 - Aztlan Mortuary – Funeral home in La Mesa, California
Address: 7856 La Mesa Blvd, La Mesa, CA 91942
Phone: (619) 337-8100 - Altar Funeral Home, Inc. – Funeral home in San Diego, California
Address: 6435 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92115
Hours: Closes at 4:00 PM
Phone: (619) 431-5226 - Funeraria La Paz – Funeral home in San Diego, California
Address: 2601 Imperial Ave, San Diego, CA 92102
Phone: (619) 531-8800 - San Diego Funeral Service – Funeral home in San Diego, California
Address: 6334 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92115
Phone: (619) 786-6715
The steps to follow to request this support offered by the Government of Mexico are:
- Hire the services of a funeral home.
- Bring the following documentation to the Protection Department at the Consulate of Mexico in San Diego or email it between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM, Monday through Friday:
- A document from the funeral home indicating the amount being charged for its services.
- Birth certificate and official identification of the deceased person.
- Identification of the person requesting the support.
- A document proving the family relationship between the deceased and the applicant (e.g., birth certificate, marriage certificate).
- A bank statement of the person requesting financial support for the transportation of remains.
Contact:
Consulate General of Mexico in San Diego
Phone: 619-231-3847
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