Women Leading at the Local Level in Mexico

The National Democratic Institute invites you to attend a discussion on:

Women Leading at the Local Level in Mexico

with

Laura López Padilla
President of the Board, Network of Support for Women Municipal Leaders (REAMM)

Keila González
Resident Director, NDI Mexico

Susan Markham
Director, NDI Women's Political Participation

Jim Swigert
Director, NDI Latin America and the Caribbean

Thursday, May 30, 2013
10:00-11:00 a.m.
National Democratic Institute 
455 Massachusetts Ave, N.W., Washington, D.C.
8th Floor Board Room

In July 2012 elections, Mexican women made historic strides in securing seats in the country’s national legislature, where they now account for more than 36 percent of the membership. However, women are still struggling to realize similar gains at the state level, where just 6.1 percent of the nation’s 2,400 municipal presidents are women. The Network of Support for Women Municipal Leaders (Red de Apoyo a Mujeres Municipalistas, REAMM) and NDI have been working to address this challenge by providing training for local women political leaders, supporting advocacy campaigns to secure government funding for women’s leadership, and helping parties to better recruit and prepare women leaders. Please join representatives from REAMM and NDI for a panel discussion on the promotion of women’s leadership at the local level from the perspectives of civic advocacy, party reform, and the role of the government.

Please RSVP via this webform.

Please direct any questions about the event to Melanie Pitkin at mpitkin@ndi.org.

The National Democratic Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide by promoting citizen participation, openness and accountability in government.