Contributors

So far, reforms do not adequately protect women from violence

In spite of widespread machismo, there is some progress on women’s rights

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Future jobs will require high levels of specialisation