Amidst dropping rates of population growth and exhausted male labor force potential, women are key to maintaining Mexico’s growth momentum. With only 43.5 percent of working-age women actively employed, Mexico has the third-lowest female labor force participation in Latin America. Increasing women’s employment to the levels of Nordic countries could add more than $200 billion to Mexico’s economy. Most Mexican women want to work but are unable to do so due to high demands for dependent care: while almost half of adult women reported taking care of a child or older adult during an average week, only 17 percent of men did so. Asian countries such as Japan have achieved impressive economic growth powered by the entry of women into the workforce after the implementation of enhanced family support policies. Join us to discuss how Mexico can learn from such examples to empower its women and activate the country’s vast female economic potential.