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Mexico: female-led presidential race cements decades of action

Source: Financial Times

Nearly 40 years ago, two young women were studying traditionally male-dominated science subjects at Mexico’s public National Autonomous University.

Their degrees were different and they were from sharply different backgrounds. But physicist Claudia Shein­­baum and computer engineer Xóchitl Gálvez went on to parallel careers in, respectively, academia and business, before converging in politics.

Click here to read the full article published by the Financial Times on 17 October 2023.

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Nearly 40 years ago, two young women were studying traditionally male-dominated science subjects at Mexico’s public National Autonomous University.

Their degrees were different and they were from sharply different backgrounds. But physicist Claudia Shein­­baum and computer engineer Xóchitl Gálvez went on to parallel careers in, respectively, academia and business, before converging in politics.

Click here to read the full article published by the Financial Times on 17 October 2023.

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