Women in Mexico: Inequality, Poverty and Violence

This article explores the main problems that Mexican women endure, especially those which arise from the inequality that they face in numerous social milieus. Despite the undeniable progress that has been made with respect to women’s rights and equal opportunities, full gender equality still seems l...

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Autores: Moctezuma Navarro, David, Narro Robles, José, Orozco Hernández, Lourdes
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2017
País:México
Recursos:UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO
Repositório:Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales
Idioma:espanhol
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/47520
Acesso em linha:https://www.revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rmcpys/article/view/47520
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:desigualdad
discriminación
violencia contra las mujeres
igualdad de género
indicadores demográficos femeninos
participación política de la mujer
inequality
discrimination
violence against women
gender equality
female demographic indicators
women’s political participation
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Resumo:This article explores the main problems that Mexican women endure, especially those which arise from the inequality that they face in numerous social milieus. Despite the undeniable progress that has been made with respect to women’s rights and equal opportunities, full gender equality still seems like a distant ideal for Mexico. There have even been important setbacks, such as access to health care, legislation that has been enacted that does not respect women’s decisions over their bodies, or in the persistence of various forms of violence that they bear. This article will begin by exploring the advancement in rights which women have achieved, in order to later describe the problems that Mexican women still face in terms of work, health, social security, education, poverty, politics, and the violence which they still encounter.