NLAID - Activity in Mexico

Information on Mexico

Birth rate 19.13 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight 3.4% (2006) country comparison to the world: 100

Climate varies from tropical to desert

Death rate 4.86 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.)

Environment - current issues scarcity of hazardous waste disposal facilities; rural to urban migration; natural freshwater resources scarce and polluted in north, inaccessible and poor quality in center and extreme southeast; raw sewage and industrial effluents polluting rivers in urban areas; deforestation; widespread erosion; desertification; deteriorating agricultural lands; serious air and water pollution in the national capital and urban centers along US-Mexico border; land subsidence in Valley of Mexico caused by groundwater depletion note: the government considers the lack of clean water and deforestation national security issues

Infant mortality rate
total 17.29 deaths/1,000 live births
male 19.14 deaths/1,000 live births
female 15.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

Languages Spanish only 92.7%, Spanish and indigenous languages 5.7%, indigenous only 0.8%, unspecified 0.8% note: indigenous languages include various Mayan, Nahuatl, and other regional languages (2005)

Life expectancy at birth
total population 76.47 years
male 73.65 years
female 79.43 years (2011 est.)

Literacy
definition age 15 and over can read and write
total population 86.1%
male 86.9%
female 85.3% (2005 Census)

Maternal mortality rate 85 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) country comparison to the world: 78

Natural resources petroleum, silver, copper, gold, lead, zinc, natural gas, timber

Population
113,724,226 (July 2011 est.)

Population growth rate 1.102% (2011 est.)

Religions Roman Catholic 76.5%, Protestant 6.3% (Pentecostal 1.4%, other 3.8%), Jehovah's Witnesses 1.1%, other 0.3%, unspecified 13.8%, none 3.1% (2000 census)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total 14 years
male 14 years
female 14 years (2008)

NLAID - Activity in Mexico

Information on Mexico

Bewustwording over reproductieve rechten van vrouwen op deelstaatniveau

Beinvloeden van de publieke opinie naar meer erkenning van de SRGR rechten van vrouwen en jongeren

Contribute to the Defense and Promotion of Reproductive & Sexual Rights, (abortion rights) for women in Mexico

Promoting Access to Justice for Women Victims of Violence

Deelname van de Inter-Amerikaanse commissie van de zaak Hester van Nierop.