Countries: Mexico
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

Is selling sex criminalised? Sex work is dealt with at a local level by each of the states in Mexico. Some regulate sex work and in other states it is illegal. An example of regulation is provided by the city of Tijuana. Here, sex work is regulated, sex workers must register and undergo mandatory health checks to receive a health card and work legally. If you have a health card you can work outdoors in designated zones or in licensed establishments. If you work in any other way it is illegal and you are criminalised. There are more people working in illegal sex work in Tijuana than legal sex work....more

Countries: Mexico
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Mexico ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).

Countries: Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Bhutan, Brazil, Brunei, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Cyprus, Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Guatemala, Honduras, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Libya, Maldives, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Suriname, Tunisia, Vanuatu
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

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Countries: Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, D R Congo, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad/Tobago, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1

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Countries: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1

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Countries: Mexico
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2

According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Mexico is 45.7% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Mexico
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Mexico is 73.1 years for men and 78.9 years for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).

Countries: Mexico
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"14.5 births per 1000 population"

Countries: Mexico
Variables: IAW-LAW-1

"The following have the right to inherit by legitimate succession: I.- The descendants, spouses, ascendants, collateral relatives within the fourth degree and the common-law spouses...(AMENDED, G.O. JUNE 7, 2006)" (178). "The surviving spouse, concurring with descendants, will have the right of a child, if he/she lacks assets or those that he/she has at the death of the author of the succession, do not equal the portion that each child should correspond to" (179). "In the absence of descendants, ascendants and siblings, the spouse will succeed all the goods" (180). The most recent laws noted in the WomanStats Database (since 2000) relating to inheritance are still current as of December 2022...more

Countries: Mexico
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8

Where isolated indigenous groups that traditionally practiced consanguinity are most concentrated, the practice is no longer preferred in present day; this has rapidly decreased the overall prevalence of cousin marriage in Mexico (VC - CODER COMMENT). "In general, [OAXACAN] respondents reported more negative than positive attitudes towards cousin marriage. Among the Mestizos, but not in the other ethnic groups, women reported more negative attitudes than men did. The main objections against marrying a cousin were that it might lead to family conflict and might result in genetic defects of one’s offspring. The main positive aspect of cousin marriage that participants mentioned was that one would marry someone with the same...more

Countries: Mexico
Variables: EWCMS-DATA-4

"[Mexico has] low women’s participation rates in their military and police forces" (12).

Countries: Mexico
Variables: ATC-DATA-6

Table 3 titled “National Action Plans- status”, indicates the level of NAPS in these countries. Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, and Paraguay are countries with NAPS. Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Trinidad & Tobago, and Uruguay are countries with NAPS under development. Colombia, Dominican Republic, Panama, and Peru are countries without NAPS (9). "Mexico, since 2019, co-chairs with France the Generation Equality Forum... Mexico launched a Feminist Foreign Policy in January 2020 and is currently developing a WPS NAP" (11).

Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad/Tobago, Uruguay
Variables: GIC-LAW-3

Table 7 titled “Policy and Practice,” lists the countries in the survey and information on accommodations made for women in the military. All military positions are open to women in Argentina, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Trinidad, and Uruguay. All military positions are not open to women in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Paraguay. There are recruitment targets in Argentina for the military and it is unknown whether it is the same for the police. Brazil does not have recruitment targets since there are some caps in the military and local caps in the police. Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, and Peru all have no recruitment target...more

Countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad/Tobago, Uruguay
Variables: EWCMS-LAW-2

Table 6 titled “Women’s Participation as a percentage of the Total Force,” highlights each country in the survey, the percentage of women in their military, deployed, senior military women, percent of women in the police and senior policewomen. Argentina has 17.3% women in the military and 8% deployed. There is no data for the other categories. Brazil has 7.6% women in the military, 8% deployed and 9% of women are police. No data was provided for the percent of senior women in the military or police. Chile has 10% of women in military, 10% deployed, 34% of women in the Police force and 15% senior policewomen. No data was provided...more

Countries: Mexico
Variables: MARR-LAW-7

For genetic reasons, the law prohibits marriage between blood relatives. This prohibition knows the parameters: the first of a radical prohibition is that of blood relatives in a straight line without limitation of degree. This eliminates incest problems. the other, within a zone of tolerance, is dispensable: marriage between blood relatives in the unequal collateral line (eg, between uncles and nephews). the sanction, therefore, is of different intensity. For genetic reasons, the law prohibits marriage between blood relatives.