Improving Substantive Gender Equality in the Mexican Workplace

Improving Substantive Gender Equality in the Mexican Workplace seeks to improve gender equity in the Mexican workplace by working to increase women’s leadership in unions, strengthen protections for women workers, end workplace harassment and abuse, and advocate for equal pay. This project is funded by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Trade and Labor Affairs.

To ensure a demand driven, locally-led and sustainable project, the project will collaborate with civil society organizations to reach workers and worker organizations (unions and confederations), and employers and employer associations, to incorporate a gender equity perspective into current programming.

The project strategy is based on principles of a women worker-centered approach, sustainability, and cross-collaboration between workers, employers, unions, government, and civil society.

3 Regions targeted: Chihuahua, Jalisco, and Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México
5 of Mexico’s largest worker organizations expected to be engaged, along with other smaller and more-specialized organizations
12+ Implementing and resource partners expected to collaborate
2 Sectors focused on with large populations of women workers (call centers and electronics manufacturing)