Gender, Higher Education, and Social Development in Mexico
Author(s)
Cuetara, Covadonga
Abstract
In this article, the author presents the current scenario of the higher education-female employment relationship in a developing country. Some demographic data, and other data related to social development in Mexico, serve as the context to analyze national higher education in relation to other countries in Latin American and the world, as well as the professional situation of female graduates. The data shows the disadvantages for women even in the higher educational level in a social order of male predominance; the analysis invites reflection in the inter- and intragender distances and the final prospectus recovers the role of higher education for social development.
