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The Compass: Being: Mexico City: Men

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Mexican men march for peace

05/02/2020 GMT

Mexico City: Men

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BBC World Service - The Compass, Being, Mexico City: Men

As the MeToo movement gains momentum in Mexico City how do the men see gender equality?

Tim Samuels and Anna Holligan travel to Mexico City. As parts of the world go through something of a gender reckoning, have these forces made much of a dent in Mexico? Last time, Anna spent time with women in this sprawling metropolis, hearing how the ever-present threat of violence lingers below the surface for many. In this episode she hears from men. The first wisps of the MeToo movement have belatedly started to blow into Mexico, but this is unlikely to be fertile soil for an outburst of equality. This is a country where six out of 10 women say they have experienced some kind of violence. We hear from a teacher working in one of the most dangerous neighbourhoods of Mexico City, a psychologist, the editor of a men’s magazine and the father of a girl who was murdered by her boyfriend.

Producers: Barney Rowntree and Ant Adeane

(Photo: Men holding a Mexican flag tinted in red symbolising blood during a march for peace and to protest against a wave of violent crimes. Credit: Pedro Pardo/AFP)

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What's on the minds of women and men in Mexico and Poland?

At a pivotal point in gender relations, Tim Samuels and Anna Holligan head to Mexico and Poland to hear what's on the minds of women and men. They speak to a wide range of people, building a nuanced and stereotype-defying mosaic of the gender experience. An experience that sits in the context of gender violence, rapidly-shifting economies, lurches towards political authoritarianism, and the question of whether #MeToo really rippled out beyond parts of the West.
And in Poland women, uncertain rather than challenging - some women will support the abortion law change.
It’s an uncertain time for many women, with a proposed tightening of abortion laws and many women's organisations under threat.

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