Virginia Mercado

The result of Mexico’s recent election was historical for several reasons

Mexico had high expectations of the present government’s promise to curb crime and improve security. With crime rates high and prosecution rates low, confidence in the state and its institutions is now waning further

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