Women's Rights in Mexico- Sara

Sara Avalos
Mr. Roddy
IHSS Section A
4/8/2021
Women’s Rights in Mexico
For my civil rights blog, I decided to learn more about Women’s rights in Mexico. In Mexico on average 10 women are killed daily, and 98% of gender killings are not prosecuted. In March 2020, women from different cities in Mexico went on strike with #ADayWithOutUs, which cost the Mexican government about $1.37 billion Pesos. By doing this they showed the Mexican government how valuable the women in the county truly are. The reason that women in Mexico are protesting this is because of the Machismo culture in Mexico. The Machismo culture promotes a large amount of masculine pride. To remedy this issue the Mexican government has added more women to the government. While the female representation is greatly appreciated by women’s support groups it is not enough to fix the widespread problem of gender killings. Women in Mexico not only have to experience gender killings but they also deal with unequal pay. There are also 31% of women under the age of 24 that are not educated why there is only 9% of men under the age of 24 are not educated. Women’s rights organizations in Mexico are trying to fight the abuse that females experience. Some are trying to facilitate the divorce process of women that are being physically abused. Others are fighting for women who become pregnant with their rapists to be able to legally have an abortion. This may seem strange but abortions are illegal in Mexico except for very few clinics in the country. Multiple women have to do illegal abortions or do the abortion themselves. These ways of doing abortions are very dangerous for women and on many occasions can cause death.
Source
https://www.borgenmagazine.com/gender-in-mexico-the-fight-for-womens-rights/

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