According to Rodriguez, the 1997-2000 Congress now ascribes 17% of its membership to women, while they also occupy 85 seats out of 500. In the United States, only 51 out of 435 seats in the House of Representatives belong to women, which translates to a percentage of 11.5. Still, Mexico is still far behind several other countries in female representation. Rodriguez however emphasizes that this number is not only important in terms of quantity, but also in terms of the work of women during the democratization of Mexico.
While it is true that Mexican women are underrepresented in institutional politics, it is also true that their participation in both institutional and non-institutional politics has increased dramatically during the last fifteen years. Indeed, Rodriguez states that women have also significantly increased their participation and influence in policy-making processes. This influence, like those by women in Canada, has mostly been affected via non-governmental organizations and urban movements. Indeed, as stated by Dobrowolsky, in this country also, the main seat of female political power appears to reside in non-institutional organizations. Specific roles played by Mexican women in politics include monitoring elections, orchestrating and managing campaign events, organizing marches...
In fact, the future appears to be bright for women to increase the significance of their role in politics as well as other important social paradigms.
Sources
Dobrowolsky, Alexandra. Intersecting identities and inclusive institutions; Women and a future transformative politics. Journal of Canadian Studies, Winter 2001. Online database: Findarticles.com.
Dametz, Claudia. Women's History in America. Women's International Center, 2007. http://www.wic.org/misc/history.htm
Heard, Anderw. Women and Canadian Elections. Political Science Department; Simon Fraser university. 2007. http://www.sfu.ca/~aheard/elections/women.html
Popa, Bogdan. Political Liberalism vs. Comprehensive liberalism: the problem of gender equality. www.feminism.ro/book_gender_post/part5/Bogdan_Popa.pdf
Rodriguez, Victoria E. Women in Mexican Politics. Office of Public Affairs, 1999. http://www.utexas.edu/opa/pubs/discovery/disc1998v15n2/disc_women.html
It is possible that early American history would be taught very differently today if based on history books such as this. To play devil's advocate, there perhaps would have been women historians who agreed with the men's decisions, women historians who did not believe in the actions of their fellow females. Those histories, too, would have had an impact on today's perspective of that period. Similarly, what would have happened
Question #11 This picture displays the many steps involved in a man's drinking and his addiction to alcohol. It begins with a friendly drink but ends up with alcohol destroying the family. The image of a woman and her child leaving a ruined home reinforced the idea that alcohol destroyed homes. Women were particularly interested in the Temperance Movement because they felt that the destruction of their families was being caused
Women's Isolation Despite representing half of the human population, until very recently women were not afforded the same rights and freedoms as men. Furthermore, in much of the world today women remain marginalized, disenfranchised, and disempowered, and even women in the United States continue to face undue discrimination, whether in the workplace, at home, or in popular culture. However, this should not be taken as a disregarding of the hard-fought accomplishments
Women and Iran Iran has long been an extremely conservative nation, greatly influenced by Islam and its teachings. What is usually regarded as common social practice in many parts of the world is regarded as a taboo in the Islamic republic. Traditionally an all male 'patriarchal' society, Iran has little to offer women in terms of roles and position. In accordance with traditional Muslim culture, women are restricted more to their
In Islamic society, women can divorce at any unjust or inconsiderate act by a spouse. In addition, even remarriage is more equal in Islamic society. The Christians see remarriage as a sin but in Islamic society, women have a right to remarry as long as they meet a three-month period of abstinence. Christians and non-Muslims continue to portray Islamic religion as a religion that has historically oppressed women. They also
They have to determine what needs changing, and then figure out how they are going to change it. Only then can they really accomplish something of importance and worth. While Powell is clearly involved in military issues, and protecting and defending his country, he is concerned about other issues as well. Education is one of the issues that he sees as important, and he is also interested in helping those