INDIGENOUS GIRLS IN MEXICO AND THEIR RIGHT TO EDUCATION

The constitutional framework in Mexico establishes the self-determination of native people and the respect of their own form of government. Their plenty of mystical cultures and characteristics turn the Mexican Republic into a multicultural mosaic. However, these people still have disadvantages in the social, educational, political and emotional sphere because of the paradigms among men and women. The fact is that there is no recognition of the native women's value in the Mexican society, and the macho attitude of their communities' inhabitants is the main reason for their very low education. The traditions and culture have damaged the native women severely by relegating them into the background and making them dependent in a complaisant way to what the men enjoin them. The ignorance of their rights, the fear of the rebellious power of the men and the preconceptions of each gender's activities, create stereotypes among genders. Therefore, there is no place for women's education and improvement.