The article begins by discussing some statistics in Mexico. Mexico is the world’s 13th largest economy and is ranked 48th in terms of gender development This is way below the average of highly industrialized countries. 25 years ago, only one of five Mexican women worked outside the home, compared to one of three today. The article discusses how today a woman governs Mexico City and another presides over the country’s strongest leftist opposition force, while the Senate is presided over by a woman, and two of the members of the cabinet of ministers are women. Women hold 17 percent of seats in the lower house of Congress and 15 percent of seats in the Senate. 14 percent of businesses are In 1994 Mexico linked up with Canada and the United States in the North American Free Trade Agreement. Since then, there have been many protests from sectors complaining trade between countries with such enormous differences has hurt them. According to the article women have been hit the hardest. NAFTA had opened up job opportunity but for low skilled jobs with poor conditions. The new market conditions have led women textile workers to be replaced by men and this has pushed

The Woman’s Bureau has been a strong voice and a helping hand for workingwoman for 70 years. One of the oldest agencies in the U.S. Department of Labor, the Bureau was created by Congress on June 5, 1920, and given a mandate; “to formulate standards and policies which shall promote the welfare of wage-earning women, improve their working conditions, increase their efficiency and advance their opportunities for profitable employment.” To remain in the forefront on issues, the Bureau initiates supports research and analyses in economic, social, and legislative areas and makes policy recommendations.

The importance in both countries is a matter of human rights. It states in both the 1917 Constitution of Mexico and the 14th amendment to the United States Constitution that all persons are to be created equal and this includes the work force. To continue the road that we are on or have been on I should say is unconstitutional and in humane. To accredit a person on a job just based on gender is detrimental to a woman and to the economy because the world misses out on the woman’s knowledge she could contribute. I feel that it is especially important to pay attention to the problem of gender bias in the work force because it is much more serious than that of the United States. I think there should be more efforts into using the United States resources that doesn’t necessarily mean money but perhaps education and what not to help change this indifference. For the United States what needs to be done to shatter the glass ceiling is education above all. Education to our children and help convince those who grew up in an era that a woman

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