In the last three weeks, since the Noboa administration decided to sign Decree 60, which merges various ministries and secretariats, there have been more than four mass marches in different cities across the country, organized independently by hundreds of people. Public discontent centers on decisions such as the merger of ministries, threats to the Constitutional Court, and budget cuts, as well as concern over the humanitarian crisis in Palestine. The Ministry of Women and Human Rights, eliminated after the reform of Decree 60, in a country where a woman is murdered every 21 hours and 27% of children under five suffer from chronic malnutrition. Social and feminist organizations are demanding institutional restoration and the defense of the rights that have been won, denouncing that the reform not only represents a setback in labor, social, and environmental rights, but also a concentration of power that weakens democracy. The government, for its part, assures that the changes seek to optimize public management and reduce expenses.