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Gender justice

15/06/2022 – by Virginia Mercado

Mexico claims to pursue a “feminist” foreign policy

In Mexico, government rhetoric on women’s rights is better than what women experience in daily life

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Latin America

11/11/2021 – by Virginia Mercado

Why desperate Latin American risk dangerous journey north

South American migrants are fleeing to the US via Mexico in growing numbers

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Prejudice

03/08/2021 – by Virginia Mercado

Mexico’s racial divide

Mexico’s ideology of mestizaje, or racial mixing, obscures ingrained racism

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Gender-based violence

15/08/2019 – by Virginia Mercado, Sheila Mysorekar

Killed for being female

Femicides are frequent in Mexico, but civil-society organisations fight against this

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Gender relations

15/08/2019 – by Virginia Mercado

Unequal opportunities

Though the law forbids discrimination in Mexico, the road to gender equity remains long

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Mexico

21/11/2018 – by Virginia Mercado

Missing people

Up to 35,000 people have “disappeared” in Mexico’s war on drugs

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Change of government

20/11/2018 – by Virginia Mercado

Restart needed

Mexico’s new president has promised a new policy on security and drugs-related crime

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Education

25/09/2018 – by Virginia Mercado

Cultural change

Future jobs will require high levels of specialisation

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Manufacturing

23/09/2018 – by Virginia Mercado

Automation in a low-wage country

Whether the robots replace workers depends on complicated cost calculations in Mexico

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Elections

06/06/2018 – by Virginia Mercado

Mexican power struggle

For the third time, AMLO is trying to become Mexico’s president

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Racism

22/10/2017 – by Virginia Mercado

Daily discrimination

Most Mexicans are keenly aware of racism and class divides

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