despite these gains mexicos female labour force participation rate remains among the lowest in the oecd the gender gap in workforce participation is high and mexican women generally have lowerquality jobs than their male counterparts the challenges common to the development process hit women particularly hard female workers are much more likely than male workers to hold informal jobs and many women live in poverty public opinion polls reveal that societys expectations and attitudes towards women are changing as younger mexicans take a more egalitarian view towards womens roles