Unpaid Work in Mexico is Equivalent to Cost of 30 World Cups
More than 72 percent of unpaid domestic and care tasks are performed by women; a core part of the daily functioning of the economy that remains outside of remuneration schemes.
Gender Equity
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Struggles of the Women’s Secretariat: From Combating Femicide to Political Violence
An interview with Mexico’s Secretary for Women, Citlalli Hernández Mora.
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Menstruation & Workplace Discrimination
Although Mexico’s Federal Labour Law does not yet consider menstrual leave, four states do have menstrual leave for women workers.
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Women Financing Child Support & Violence Lawsuits in 100 Peso Installments
Rojo y Morado, an organization of 30 lawyers, offer support during legal processes that can last up to a year and a half and cost between 12 and 15 thousand pesos, which opens a way to pursue cases that were previously abandoned due to lack of money.
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Three of Every Four Unpaid Caregivers Never Cease Being Poor
Performed primarily by women in Mexico, it is a determining factor in inequality of opportunity, says a new report ‘Social Mobility & Care.’
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Mexican Politics & Gender Parity
Since 2019 constitutionally, and since 2025 in practice, Mexico is the only country in the world with parity of women and men in the three branches of government, writes Martí Batres.
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Mexico City’s Cooperativa de Salud Panamédica, Women-led Health Cooperative Celebrates 19 Years
Serving the south of the city, the cooperative promotes the right to health, and serves approximately 100 people every month, honouring the principles of the social and solidarity economy.
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The Illusion of Equality
In stark contrast to the hardships and suffering endured by working women, every country boasts its list of the richest men and its list of the most powerful women, and the profits of the monopolies they head continue to grow obscenely, while our rights regress and our living conditions deteriorate.
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Cine Mujer Collective Celebrates Sisterhood as Resistance in ‘Rebeladas’ Documentary
In the late 1970s, amidst a patriarchal society, the Cine Mujer Collective emerged, feminist filmmakers who found in cinema the ideal political tool to denounce gender problems that defined Mexican society at the time.
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Mexican Government to Invest Billions in Safe Pathways Illumination Program
The street lighting program matches illumination with sidewalk improvements and murals to bring security and a sense of community to previously dim and neglected urban areas.
