La senadora Vero Díaz, integrante del Grupo Parlamentario de Morena, presentó una iniciativa para reformar la Ley de los Derechos de las Personas Adultas Mayores, con el fin de cerrar la brecha digital generada por el acelerado crecimiento demográfico y la digitalización de servicios.
Brecha digital: una nueva exclusión
La legisladora advirtió que la falta de políticas de acompañamiento ha convertido la brecha digital en una nueva forma de discriminación para las personas mayores, pues más de 9.7 millones de adultos mayores no utilizan internet.
La iniciativa propone garantizar la alfabetización tecnológica para el acceso a trámites y servicios, obligando a instituciones públicas y privadas a ofrecer asesoría oportuna, respondiendo a los principios de la Cuarta Transformación de no dejar a nadie atrás.
👵 Senator Vero Díaz Promotes Initiative to Guarantee Digital Inclusion for Older Adults
Mexico City. Senator Vero Díaz, a member of the Morena Parliamentary Group, has presented an initiative to the Senate of the Republic aimed at closing the digital gap affecting millions of older adults in the country. The proposal seeks to add a new fraction (XI) to Article 5 of the Law on the Rights of Older Persons, focusing on digital inclusion.
During her address, the legislator emphasized that Mexico faces an unprecedented demographic process due to the accelerated growth of the population over 60, a phenomenon occurring parallel to the digital transformation of public, financial, commercial, and social services.
Senator Díaz warned that while digitalization offers significant benefits, it can also create new forms of exclusion if no accompanying policies are implemented for vulnerable sectors. She pointed out that the digital divide has become a new form of discrimination for older adults.
The initiative explicitly proposes recognizing the right to digital inclusion through technological literacy and the development of digital skills, particularly for accessing procedures and services. Furthermore, it mandates that public and private institutions must offer clear information and timely advice to facilitate older adults’ access to information and communication technologies, under an inclusion and equality framework.
