Mexican women March for legalization of abortion. What happened at the scene?

On September 28th, a group of about 500 young women held a demonstration in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, demanding the legalization of abortion. The destination is the Central Constitution Square, and the Mexican city government sent more than 600 police officers to maintain order. During this period, demonstrators clashed with the police.

It is reported that among the 32 state-level administrative regions in Mexico, only Mexico City and Oaxaca state stipulate that abortion within 0/2 weeks of pregnancy is legal, while other states stipulate that any form of abortion is illegal.

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Mexican women's position in the labor market is also very low.

According to the report of the National Geographic Institute, men account for 63% of the total employed population in Mexico, while women only account for 37%. Most Mexican women are marginalized by formal jobs. Anibal Enrique, Director General of the Organization of American States (OEA) in Mexico, also said that the female employment rate in Mexico is far below the average of 52.8% in Latin American and Caribbean countries. In terms of income, Mexican women's income is less than half that of men in the same position.

For women at the bottom, the situation is even worse. A recent report on the survey of domestic workers in Mexico pointed out that 9 1.2% of domestic work is undertaken by women, and 97.5% of domestic workers are in an informal state, unable to obtain public medical insurance and old-age security.

In terms of income, 35% of domestic workers earn less than the minimum wage of 88 pesos (equivalent to RMB 30 yuan) per day, and the federal labor law does not stipulate the maximum working hours of paid domestic services, so domestic workers can't get overtime pay, and they can't get government subsidies when they are sick or unemployed.

Therefore, paradoxically, on the one hand, the Mexican government announced that Mexican women's employment opportunities in the labor market are increasing. On the other hand, most of these jobs belong to the informal economy with low income, and only a few female practitioners are engaged in engineering, digital technology and scientific design.

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