By Paola Vázquez, Society Coordinator – IMCO. There is a Mazahua proverb that says: “When a girl is born, the ants lament because she will be locked in the kitchen and not…

By Mireya Mondragón Cervantes, Researcher, Ethos Innovation in Public Policy. An idea that is constantly repeated when we talk about social mobility is that “if you study more, you do better.” In a way…

By Brenda Flores Cabrera, Deputy Coordinator of Economic Analysis, México, ¿Cómo Vamos? In Mexico, we often talk about the “demographic dividend” as an automatic promise of prosperity, but the data forces us to…

By Daniel Serrano de Rejil, General Director of Interculturality, Health and Rights AC (INSADE), and Dania Yuriko García Arreola, Operational Coordinator of the Project on Childhood, Adolescence and Youth. Talking about mental health…

According to the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO), more than half of women have informal jobs. For every 100 pesos a man earns, a woman […]

By Iffath Sharif and Jamele Rigolini, World Bank. Governments around the world are investing billions in labor market programs—support for self-employment…

By Valeria Moy Campos, Director General of the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO) All major economic crises throughout history have triggered changes that are difficult to understand…

By Mauricio Ariza Barile, President of the GENDES, AC Council; Gabriel Morales Hernández, Institutional Strengthening Coordinator/GENDES, AC. Men and care? We have all been cared for and we…

By Octavio Rivas López, Area Director at the Youth Building the Future Program Unit (STPS) Mexican youth face a persistent paradox, as they constitute the demographic group with the largest…

By María Fernanda Aguayo González, Director of Gender Equality - Federal Judiciary Council, and Rebeca Saucedo López, Drafting Secretary, Federal Judiciary Council, Chihuahua. Justice opened the door to…

By the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO) Center for Public Policy Research On September 23, 2025, the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO) presented the Women Monitor…

By Mónica Silva Ruiz, Municipal Trustee of the Puebla City Council. To speak of care is to speak of the heart that sustains life: the tasks that guarantee physical, emotional, and social well-being…

By Arlette Monserrath Valencia Ángeles, Journalist - Cimacnoticias. After six years of legislative inaction and under judicial pressure, the Head of Government, Clara Brugada, presented the Public System Law initiative…

By Águeda Ale Valdés, Promoter of the Care System in Monterrey, NL. On August 7, 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) recognized for the first time…

By Mónica Corona, Director of Inclusion and Sustainable Development, and Carmen Paola Avilés (intern), both at Ethos Innovation in Public Policy. Domestic work in Mexico has historically been a sector…

By Cynthia L. Michel, Guillermo M. Cejudo, and Adriana Oseguera Gamba When we talk about the care crisis, some people think it's too abstract a problem, a…

By Adriana Hermosillo Almazán, Corporate Responsibility Coordinator, Telefónica Movistar Mexico. Who sustains the cycle of life while we produce? Who takes care of the elderly, children,…

By María Fernanda Torres Sánchez, Coordinator of Youth Participation, Youth Services, AC (SERAJ) Last Friday, June 20th, a forum was held: “Young Voices in the…

By Dr. Jaime García Leyva, Research Professor, Center for Tropical Disease Research, Autonomous University of Guerrero. Indigenous youth, in recent decades, have reconfigured their personal identity and…

By Guillermo Cejudo Ramírez, Research Professor at the Public Administration Division-CIDE. How to put discussions about childcare, reactions, and its functioning into a public policy perspective…

By Lourdes Jiménez Brito, Researcher at the Inter-American Conference on Social Security (CISS) Have you noticed that when people talk about Mexico's National Care System,…

By Mónica Herrera Villavicencio, Federal Deputy, LXVI Legislature. I am Mónica Herrera Villavicencio, currently a Federal Deputy for the 7th district of the state of Veracruz. I have a disability; my diagnosis…

By Marycarmen Rubalcava Oliveros, Researcher in Inclusion and Sustainable Development at Ethos Center for Innovation in Public Policy. Earlier this year, President Claudia Sheinbaum announced the creation…

By Gina Andrade Baena, Gender and Diversity Division – IDB. The need for care is universal. We have all been cared for and, at some point, we will care for someone…

By IMCO Staff Based on the 2022 National Survey for the Care System (ENASIC) by INEGI, the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO) analyzed economic participation and…

By Victoria Raquel Rojas-Lozanoy and Oliva López Sánchez, Academics, FES-Iztacala (UNAM) Care work has been defined as “the set of activities and relationships involved in…”

According to Servicios a la Juventud AC (SERAJ), Ecatepec de Morelos is one of the most populated municipalities in the State of Mexico with 1,645,352 inhabitants, being the…

By Dr. Jessica Espinoza Espinoza, Member of UN Women-Ecuador. Gender is a critical perspective that analyzes the situation of men and women in the field of…

By Erika M. Macedo and Silvana Carranza, Independent Consultants and Activists. In a fair race, the idea is that everyone starts from the same starting line. Without…

By M.Sc. Ivonne Cárdenas Guzmán DIE-Cinvestav It would be advisable to consider young people as subjects of care in all aspects of their lives: in their homes, in their…

By Paulina Gutiérrez, Coordinator of Citizen Action Against Poverty: 16.4 million young people[1], 52% of the people between 15 and 29 years old living in Mexico, are in…

The COVID-19 pandemic left a profound mark on education, significantly impacting young people's socio-emotional and socio-professional skills. In response to this situation, the JuventudES Project has…

By Mtra. Alejandra Flores Bautista, General Director of the Institute for Job Training of Mexico City (ICAT) Characteristics of the youth population in Mexico City The youth population…

By Silvana Carranza Navarro, Independent Consultant and Activist. Just over a month after the conclusion of the largest election period in our country's history, Mexico City…

Pablo Ulises Rodríguez Hernández, Coordinator of the JuventudES Project at Fondazione AVSI. The JuventudES project, an initiative of Fondazione AVSI and Junior Achievement Mexico, has been co-financed by the European Union…

By María de Ibarrola, Researcher at the Department of Educational Research of the Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute. "Youth Building the Future" is a program…

By Fernanda Torres, Youth Services, AC (SERAJ) Following the elections in Mexico, we at Youth Services, AC (SERAJ) have analyzed the information we have…

By Pablo Ulises Rodríguez Hernández The term “nini,” used in Mexico to describe young people who neither study nor work, has been a prominent point in government discourse and…

By Erika Estrada Ruiz, Electoral Councilor of the IECM. Civic culture is a set of values, behaviors, and norms that guide the responsible participation of citizens in public life…

Alan E. Palomo Villegas (Senate of the Republic): “Youth needs to believe, a priori, that they are superior. Of course, they are mistaken, but this is precisely the great right of youth.”

Ana Paula Ricalde Cortés, Director of Social Investment, Nacional Monte de Piedad. You've probably heard the phrase "Nobody said saving the world was easy" in a movie, and…

By Carolina del Ángel Cruz, Electoral Councilor of the Electoral Institute of Mexico City. This article takes as its starting point the concept of civic education…

Francisco Alvarado, Karla Ambrosio and Emilia Ramirez, JuventudES Platform, Advocacy Committee, Global Youth Opportunity Network in Mexico City GOYN CDMX, March 4, 2023,…

By Diana Rosario Mireles Sánchez, Pro-Street Children Foundation. The Pro-Street Children Foundation has 30 years of experience caring for children, adolescents, and young people at risk or…

By Ileana Camacho Medrano, Deputy Director of International Relations at Juventudes Tejiendo Lazos, AC. Leaving childhood and becoming a teenager isn't always so peaceful….

By Edwin Reyes Tuz, Coordinator of Strengthening Alternatives and Capacities AC. Youth represents a vital and dynamic force in the contemporary world, with a population ranging from…

By Caroline González Strategic Alliances/Social Impact Conrad N. Hilton Foundation The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is committed to engaging young people in developing solutions that work for…

By Pablo Yanes Rizo, former research coordinator at the ECLAC Subregional Headquarters in Mexico. Few would doubt that traditional inclusion mechanisms are in a profound crisis…