Venezuelan women deputies submitted proposals for regulations to consolidate key laws on rights and social protection

Published at: 02/11/2026 04:26 PM

A group of women, deputies to the National Assembly, presented to the President of the Republic, Delcy Rodríguez, this Monday, a series of proposals for regulations aimed at strengthening those laws that, with the objective of optimizing the prevention of gender-based violence, the protection of children and adolescents, support for older adults and care for people with autism.

These legislative texts were developed through the Women's Bureau for Peace and Democratic Coexistence, a space for plural dialogue that has allowed women leaders from various sectors to debate, reach consensus and structure specific regulatory tools for the country.

In this regard, during a meeting with the president, Delcy Rodríguez, the deputy Asia Villegas emphasized that these regulations work as indispensable pedagogical tools to guide public officials and ground the spirit of the legislator, avoiding arbitrary interpretations of the law. He also highlighted that one of the proposed regulations places special focus on comprehensive and differentiated care for older adults to guarantee them fundamental rights in the areas of health, public services, university education and political participation.

In addition, the parliamentarian emphasized the complementary regulation for the prevention and eradication of sexual abuse against children and adolescents, which seeks to break cultural taboos rooted in homes. He noted that these regulations reinforce the guiding principles of protection, promoting active listening and the absolute awareness of believing in minors as full subjects of rights.

For her part, the deputy Iris de Franca described as a historic debt the presentation of the proposed regulation for the Organic Law on the Right of Women to a Life Free of Violence after 19 years of validity. In this regard, she emphasized the capacity for agreement that exists among Venezuelan women.

In the same way, the legislator advocated consolidating comprehensive care for people with autism spectrum disorder and proposed to the Executive to deepen the definition of vicarious violence, the digitalization of the judicial system and the creation of safe shelter.

For her part, Ana María San Juan, Minister of Popular Power for University Education and Coordinator of the Program for Peace and Democratic Coexistence, said: “What they have achieved was little blood, little sweat, but many tears of joy, recognition, and disputes, but managed in healthy peace to achieve the best possible regulations to improve lives, especially the prevention of violence against women, the prevention of violence against children and adolescents, support for the organic law of older adults and It is also a very important and very expensive law for a lot of people here, which is the law for the protection of children who suffer from an autism spectrum disorder.”

Mazo News Team