Making the Invisible Visible Sample Clauses

Making the Invisible Visible. This research will analyze the position of Mexican women, and more particularly indigenous women, regarding four specific topics: health care, political participation, media, and education. A wide range of subjects could have been chosen, but for the purpose of this work a selection had to be made. These four topics were selected because of the major influence they have on the situation of women within society. The analysis of these subjects gives an image of the level of emancipation Mexican women have been able to reach. Furthermore, these subjects are all relevant, not only for women, but for their communities as a whole. This work wants to show general trends in the situation of Mexican women, especially of indigenous women, and possible directions for further research. Therefore, the scope will be general and not focus on one specific region or indigenous community. This choice was deliberate. It is important to show that certain issues are recurrent for indigenous women in different contexts. But, it is equally important to realize that the situation of an individual depends on many factors, thus the situations that will be described, are not necessarily true for every Mexican. When presenting an overview of the position of indigenous women, it is crucial to realize that ‘the indigenous woman’ essentially does not exist, just as ‘the Mexican woman’ and ‘the woman’ in general do not exist. These are constructed categories. All women are different and unique; they have different needs, different ideas, different possibilities, different lives, etcetera. Their situation depends on many factors, taking into account the broad context they are living in. It is therefore impossible to present the situation of ‘the indigenous woman’ in Mexico in great detail. Specific research is necessary to understand all needs and wishes of women in specific contexts. Each study will require other focus points; in certain communities, women will be vigorous political actors, for example, while in others they may be totally excluded from political participation. Therefore, general trends will be discussed in this work, inviting every scholar to question his or her specific research material. Furthermore, the problems women face can be the same for indigenous and non-indigenous women. Many of these problems are not unique to indigenous women. Urban high-class women can also be subjected to domestic violence, and non-indigenous women in rural communities can experience the s...