Overview
- Mexico City’s Congress, which voted 62–0 on Wednesday, added care, being cared for and self‑care as explicit rights in articles 3 and 9 of the local charter.
- The reform recognizes unpaid care and housework as work that creates social and economic value.
- A commission chair outlined next steps, saying a proposed Public Care System law could seek 12 billion pesos a year to build or upgrade childcare centers, elder homes, rehab spaces and public laundries.
- Opposition voices and some allies warned the new right remains out of reach until lawmakers pass the dedicated law, set programs and approve a bigger, sustained budget.
- Chief of Government Clara Brugada and PRI leader Tania Larios sponsored the measures, and supporters say a stronger care system would shift unpaid duties that fall mostly on women and could serve as a model beyond the city.