Jezebel: mexico city

...And Bears, Oh My

Anna — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:10:00 EST

[Mexico City, December 9. Image via Getty]

A little girl looks at a member of animal rights organization AnimaNaturalis is seen inside a cage painted as a tiger during a protest against the consumption of animal-based products on December 9, 2009 in Mexico City. AFP PHOTO/Luis Acosta (Photo credit should read LUIS ACOSTA/AFP/Getty Images)

Sign Of The Cross

Anna — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:10:00 EST

[Mexico City, November 10. Image via Getty]

A group of women march during a protest against violence against women in Ciudad Juarez, in front of the 'Hemiciclo a Juarez' in Mexico City, on November 10, 2009. During the last decade, more than 300 women have been murdered or disappeared in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez, state of Chihuahua. AFP PHOTO/Alfredo Estrella (Photo credit should read ALFREDO ESTRELLA/AFP/Getty Images)

The Little Dutch Girl

Anna — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:10:00 EST

[Mexico City, November 3. Image via Getty]

A girl wearing a typical Dutch custom winks an eye to photographers during a welcoming ceremony for Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands at the National Palace, in Mexico City, on November 3, 2009. Queen Beatrix is in a four-day official visit in Mexico, along with other members of the Dutch royal family. AFP PHOTO/Luis Acosta (Photo credit should read LUIS ACOSTA/AFP/Getty Images)

Trunk & Bright

Anna — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:10:00 EDT

[Mexico City, July 9. Image via Getty]

A Greenpace activist places a sign that reads 'Deforestation=Climatic Change' over a log, during a protest against the cutting of trees at Revolution Square in Mexico City, on July 9, 2009.AFP PHOTO/Luis Acosta (Photo credit should read LUIS ACOSTA/AFP/Getty Images)

Free Viagra

Maria — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:20:00 EST

Oh boy: Mexico City will start distributing out one or two doses of Viagra and other impotence drugs free of charge to men age 70 and older. The pills will be distributed at three different sexual health centers starting December 1. The mayor of Mexico City said that he is implementing the plan because sexuality "has a lot to do with quality of life and out happiness." [USA Today]

In The Year 2008, Some Women Are Still Denied The Right To Vote

Jessica — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 09:30:00 EST

Imagine a place where women are not allowed the vote, nor considered citizens. Actually, there's no need to imagine, because such a scenario is an actual reality in indigenous areas like Santa Maria Quiegolani, located in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. 27-year-old Eufrosina Cruz (left) tried running for mayor of Santa Maria Quiegolani, only to have the ballots cast in her name torn up by the town elders because of her non-citizen status. Get this: A quarter of women in similar settlements are denied the right to vote, even though a "use and customs" law states that the indigenous villages are allowed to "apply their own normative systems... as long as they obey the general principles of the Constitution and respect the rights of individuals...particularly the dignity and well-being of women." As for that dignity and well-being? Well, when the widowed mother of Martina Cruz Moreno asked the village elders for building materials to improve her dirt-floored shack, she was told to "Go get yourself a husband."

According to the Associated Press, six years ago, the Mexican government gave a measure of autonomy to Indian settlements under an act called "use and customs," or as Ms. Cruz calls them, "abuse and customs." Cruz is looking to get the tampered election annulled; she submitted a complaint last month to Mexico's National Human Rights Commission, and if necessary, she plans to go to federal election authorities. Maybe the same governing body that decided to protect urban Mexican women from abuse and sexism by giving them their own bus lines can do something for its more rural sisters?

Some Mexican Women Lose Right To Vote [AP via MSNBC]
Related: Pestered Mexican Women Find Safety On The Buses [The Independent]

Putting The "Ho" In "Old Age Home"

Tracie — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:00:00 EDT

Believe it or not, the frail woman in the clip above only retired seven years ago. Her line of work? Prostitution. Luckily for her there is actually a retirement home for prostitutes in Mexico City. Started by Carmen Munoz, herself a prostitute, the home, which has been open for a year, is partially funded by the government and from private donors.

Home for elderly prostitutes [CNN]