Almost two out of three women, 63% of the total, they feel unsafe in Mexicoand less than half consider they have the same opportunities as men, revealed a survey by the Poligrama agency on International Women’s Day on Wednesday.
The place where Mexican women perceive the greatest insecurity is on the street, with 38% of the total considering it so, followed by public transport, with 32%, according to the survey.
The list is completed by work (9%), home (4%), school (2%), and other unspecified places (15%).
The study by the polling house Poligrama was carried out on March 5 and 6 among 1,000 women over 15 years of age nationwide by telephone, with a confidence level of 95% and a margin of error of 3.1%.
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Besides, The survey revealed that only 48% of those surveyed think that “in Mexico women have the same opportunities as men to access a job.”
Even so, 47% agree that in the last three years employment opportunities for women have “improved”, while 41% think that they “remain the same” and 12% that they have “worsened”.
About politics, more than eight out of 10 Mexicans, 81% believe that “Mexico is ready to be governed by a woman.”
But less than two thirds of women, 32%, believe that “women have the same opportunities as men to access government positions such as mayors, representatives and governors.”
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