How Mexico Budgets for Women's Progress
Mexico's budget for women's equality is growing rapidly. Funds support programs for education, safety, and economic opportunity.
In the grand halls of Mexico's federal government, where budgets are born and pesos take flight, a curious item has been gaining ground. It's not a new defense system, nor is it a gleaming infrastructure project. It's something far more ground-breaking: the budgeting for women's equality.
Back in 2008, a line appeared in the notoriously dry Expenditure Budget of the Federation, a document known to inspire more yawns than excitement. It was called “Annex 13: Expenditures for equality between women and men”. And with this seemingly innocuous label, a quiet revolution was born.
