Graffiti in Mexico City with the words 'No More Femicide'. Source: Wikimedia Commons. All Rights Reserved.
It is beyond comprehension that Mexico is not included in the rankings of the world states which do not provide equity, development and security to its female population and in which women find themselves in a disadvantaged situation of vulnerability.
This is indeed a baffling omission since in Mexico, the equity gap in these spheres is still significant and, above all, because the level of gender violence there is overwhelming. Unequal levels of literacy between men and women, dissimilar access to the labor market, sexual harassment and other alarming aspects such as female genital mutilation, child marriage, human trafficking and other expressions of gender violence are some of the factors that are taken into account for including a country in these rankings.
