Abstract

VARELA GUINOT, Helena María. Iguales, pero no tanto: El acceso limitado de las mujeres a la esfera pública en México. CONfines relacion. internaci. ciencia política [online]. 2012, vol.8, n.16, pp.39-67. ISSN 1870-3569.

Historically, women have been relegated to the private realm, thus not being allowed to have access to the public sphere where civil society is developed. This situation evolved and, eventually, women were acknowledged as legal subjects. Nevertheless, despite these accomplishments, women' presence within the public sphere is still limited and obstructed by the presence of several walls. The main purpose of this article is to analyze those obstacles from a social, political, cultural, and economic perspective, taking in to consideration the indicators of the Millennium Development Goals (in its chapter of promoting gender equality and empowerment women). The formal advances in legislation are not enough to guarantee equity, until there is no improvement concerning the topic of "empowerment".

Keywords : women; discrimination; gender equity; political participation; quality of democracy.

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