Mexico Archives – Page 4 of 7

Mexico City’s Abortion Law Hits Stop-and-Go Signs

By Theresa Braine ● Health & Science ● July 19, 2007

Federal officials here are challenging Mexico City’s new law legalizing first-trimester abortion. But as the Supreme Court decides whether to take their case, city officials and activists are doing what they can to ease its implementation.

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Mexico Replies to Juarez With Anti-Violence Law

By Lorraine Orlandi ● Crime & Law ● March 2, 2007

Mexico has implemented sweeping national legislation aimed at stamping out widespread violence against women. Advocates see the law as a response to the scores of unsolved Juarez slayings and hope it will end an era of impunity.

Mexico’s Solo Women Add Suspense to Election

By Theresa Braine ● Politics ● June 23, 2006

Mexican women who have stayed home to lead households while male relatives move to jobs in the U.S. are adding suspense to a tight presidential race. Many women say they don’t care about right or left, they just want jobs and less corruption.

Nazario Champions Stories of Children’s Plight

By Sandra Kobrin ● Arts & Culture ● May 1, 2006

Thousands of children in search of their migrant mothers embark on a dangerous journey to reach the United States each year. One journalist, Sonia Nazario, joined them and told the world the story of “Enrique’s Journey.”

Argentine Experts Study Juarez Murder Remains

By Theresa Braine ● Crime & Law ● April 16, 2006

In May a team of Argentine forensic experts is expected to identify the remains of some of the 400 women murdered in Juarez, Mexico, since 1993. Survivors of the dead, however, are losing hope that official complicity will ever be thoroughly probed.

Tape Reveals Mexican Plot; Women Lag in State Govs

By Anju Mary Paul ● Uncategorized ● February 18, 2006

Cacho Faces Defamation Charges in Mexico

By Theresa Braine ● Uncategorized ● January 31, 2006

Mexican journalist and activist Lydia Cacho Ribeiro faces defamation charges for implicating Mexican businessmen in child pornography rings. A journalism group has come to her side and calls on Mexico to investigate crimes against free expression.

Clinics in Mexico Stock ‘Morning-After Pill’

By Theresa Braine ● Uncategorized ● September 22, 2005

Inclusion of the so-called morning-after pill on the list of required medicines in Mexico’s public health clinics has provoked threats of excommunication from the Catholic hierarchy. Users and health professionals applaud the move.

Latin American Business Puts Few Women on Board

By Theresa Braine ● Uncategorized ● August 29, 2005

Latin American companies lag behind the world in promoting women to upper management. Two studies released at a businesswomen’s summit in Mexico earlier this summer may help what some call an extra-thick glass ceiling.

Decision 2004: Our Candidates, Our Choice

By Womens Enews Staff ● Employment ● July 23, 2004

Women’s eNews presents its special campaign coverage of this historic election in which many believe the women’s vote–especially single women in their 20s–will decide who will be in the White House and who will serve in Congress.