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Ximena Sariñana, in the fight for women's rights

The Mexican artist published the single “A no llorar”, a song whose seed came from a songwriting camp held in Colombia; Furthermore, it talks about female participation in the music industry.

Singing, composing, acting, and doing well certainly requires talent. This component, which could be defined colloquially as making the difficult easy, is something innate: a set of skills with which a person is born to do a certain activity in a virtuous way. However, it is not the only factor for this to take place: it is in the polishing, with care and discipline, of those intrinsic skills that someone’s audacity lies to enhance their gift. This is the case of the Mexican singer-songwriter and actress Ximena Sariñana, who from an early age ventured into the artistic scene of her country, first as a child actress of series and soap operas, and then, gradually, forging a career as a singer and songwriter that has taken to the main venues in the Latin American music industry.

Fortunately, the fact of having the ability to function in various artistic disciplines has never been a dilemma for her in which she has had to decide on any of her passions; on the contrary, you have been able to alternate them in a profitable way. This is how the singer told it in an interview with El Espectador : “I think that in my case they benefit from each other. I think my acting career has been very important for my music and vice versa, and I hope to continue doing a little bit of both, for me that is an optimal plan ”.

In professional terms it is a good plan, of course. However, Ximena Sariñana’s most recent project is loaded with something that transcends the strictly artistic: the fight for the vindication of women’s rights in different areas, including, of course, labor. The release of his single titled A no llorar is a sign of his commitment to this cause.

“It’s a song that I wrote in Bogotá in a kind of songwriting camp organized by pure women to promote female inclusion in the industry. Likewise, it is a topic that talks about the importance of being vulnerable, of showing oneself as one is and of being able to cry when necessary, allowing oneself to go through the bad times in order to live the good times ”.

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The camp that Sariñana refers to was a very good opportunity to meet other female talents and, in an ideal environment, to be able to tell their stories in the most sincere way possible.

Thus, enthusiastically, the artist commented on her experience in this meeting: “It was incredible, especially because it is rare that in a recording studio there are only women, that was the most enriching of all. It was also a great learning experience to realize that this is what has to change: that it is increasingly common that in a recording studio we find many women composing at the same time, and producing in all areas of the industry. of the music”.

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This song and everything behind it means a little more than what a single release normally represents; It could be said that it is a kind of link in the activist work that Ximena Sariñana has been carrying out in campaigns such as Justice without discrimination, created by the United Nations.

“At the beginning of last year I was made a goodwill ambassador for women, which is obviously very important to me. This gives a more powerful voice to all the work I have been doing for the inclusion of women in general, for gender equality. I am very happy to be part of the UN and to advance the issue of equality and inclusion for all the different people that exist in the world, such as the LGTBIQ community, among others. Without a doubt, all these causes are very important to me, ”said Sariñana.

Likewise, she stressed that it is fundamental for her, through her music and her activism, to work on consolidating positive references for many women: “I think that in the end what we are doing with this song and with this project, this new album, is to create more female referents. I think that the referents are very important in one’s life, having a kind of north, a guide. Someone that one admires and respects, and that you can also identify more with that person. That is why there is a need for female references in all areas of the industry and that is what we are trying to achieve with A no llorar , giving more credit to women: women producers, women composers and, eventually with the album, women engineers, women from all areas of this industry ”.

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In addition to her role as an activist in conceptual terms, to put it in some way, Ximena Sariñana also wanted to materialize her contribution with the decision that a fraction of the royalties from A no llorar would be destined to the Foundation Growing with Music.

“This foundation was created by a Mexican friend, a pianist, named Jorge Viladoms. For him, music has been a very positive influence, as he says it saved him fifteen years after a terrible tragedy. What the foundation seeks to do is precisely to give boys and girls the opportunity to study music, and I think that goes very hand in hand with the message of A no llorar and the project of inclusion in music. We cannot speak of the inclusion of women in music if there is no more access to art from an early age; So, in that regard, I think that this foundation does an incredible job and I love being able to contribute a grain of sand ”.

Pandemic time as learning

When mentioning this particularly difficult time that the world has lived, Ximena Sariñana was reflective, and highlighted gratitude as an indispensable value to face this type of situation.

“This pandemic taught me a lot. I think that in the end it made us all thank what we do have, because it took many things away from us: it took away the possibility of traveling, doing concerts, moving as you were used to, but at the same time it has made me appreciate a lot what I do have: my family, my space, the power to continue dedicating myself to what I like the most, to continue creating music, to have health, things that we suddenly take for granted because we are in the bustle of so much activity. I think right now the only thing left for me is to be grateful that I have all that, ”the Mexican artist emphatically concluded.

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