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The Right to Vote

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Cami Martin
Topics: Women, Justice
Countries: Mexico

It's well-known that women's empowerment and economic development go hand-in-hand — which is another reason to support a Mexican woman's fight to allow women in rural Oaxaca to vote.

Women can vote in places as conservative as Afghanistan, as repressive as Burma and as closed-off as Bhutan, but the L.A. Times reports that women in rural Oaxacan communities cannot vote or run for office.

One woman, Eufrosina Cruz, is fighting for a change in Oaxaca, Mexico's second poorest state. (Three of four Oaxacans live in "extreme poverty.") Her state governor and Mexican President Felipe Calderon now support a change in legislation, which would grant thousands of Oaxacan women the right to vote and run for office.

Women in neighboring Guatemala can vote. Photo: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/elcanche/">El Canche</a>
Women in neighboring Guatemala can vote. Photo: El Canche
Keywords: women's rights, vote

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