Somebody's Confusing Mexico With New Mexico
Actually, I wish that were the case. It's a disgusting shoveling of $10 million American taxpayer dollars into the Casa Corruptivo (excuse my fake Spanish) that is Mexico.

At Judicial Watch, a post:

As gender discrimination and wage gaps persist in the American workforce, the U.S. government is spending $10 million to help tackle the issue in Mexico. The taxpayer dollars will fund programs that help improve gender equity in the Mexican workplace by increasing the number of women in union leadership, addressing discrimination and harassment at work, augmenting wages for women, and strengthening protections. "Gender equity refers to fairness in the treatment of women and men," according to the grant announcement outlining the Mexican project. The goal is for worker organizations in the impoverished Latin American nation to advance gender proportionality in leadership and participation and that they undertake sustained action to promote gender equity in the workplace.

Uncle Sam is dedicating millions to this issue because "landmark" constitutional reforms enacted by Mexico in 2017 to transform its labor justice system have yet to be implemented. Among them are prohibitions against workplace discrimination, harassment and violence based on gender, the requirement of negative pregnancy tests for women to be hired, retained, or promoted and a ban against firing women who become pregnant. Sexual harassment by employers is also part of the four-year-old Mexican reform measures as well as a requirement for unions to have proportional gender representation. Additionally, workers in Mexico are supposed to be protected against employment discrimination based on sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, and caregiving responsibilities. The measures serve as "important advances," the U.S. asserts, but "their implementation remains a significant challenge."

Why the hell is this being made our "challenge"?

So, the U.S. government will dole out millions with hopes of implementing the historic laws in a famously corrupt, sexist and crime-infested Latin American country that likely had no real intention to fulfill them. The cash will flow through the Bureau of International Labor Affairs, which operates under the Department of Labor (DOL). Grant recipients must assess the unique needs of underserved communities, including historically marginalized, underrepresented, and vulnerable groups and describe how any identified needs will be addressed, the grant announcement states. "Proposals that incorporate intersectionality to its approach to ending workplace discrimination, violence, and harassment, including sexual orientation and gender identity, will be more favorably considered," the document reads, adding that consideration must be given to underserved populations, including isolated rural communities, female heads of household, and indigenous peoples.

Intersectionality!

If I had time -- and I don't (working overtime to finish a chapter) -- I would find all the bureaucrats behind this decision and put up a site of shame.

So many, myself included, are struggling now in the U.S. and we're shoveling money over to Mexico -- and into a giant corrupt hole?

No. Just no.

via ifeminists