Mexico's hard swing to the left in this month's national elections also swept in some other historic firsts. Women won key positions across the country, including, for the first time ever, the mayor of Mexico City.
By Magda Hinojosa and Jennifer M. Piscopo,
By Magda Hinojosa and Jennifer M. Piscopo,
Last Sunday’s elections in Mexico resulted in gender parity in the Parliament: with almost all the results counted, there are 246 women (48.6%) and 254 men (51.2%) in the Chamber of Deputies and 65 women (50.78%) and 63 men (49.22%) in the Senate.
The 56-year-old had served as environmental secretary under Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador when he was mayor.
MEXICO CITY — Mexico will hold
The Women in Parliaments (WIP) and the Mexican Senate co-hosted the Mexico Summit on 7-9 Octo
The Women in Parliaments (WIP) and the Mexican Senate co-hosted the Mexico Summit on 7-9 Octo
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When Marcelina Bautista Bautista left her indigenous Mixtec community in Nochtixtlan, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, at the age of 14 with only a primary school education and no knowledge of Spanish, she didn’t dream that one day she would end up contributing to the development of an internation
MEXICO CITY (AP) — In a U.S. electoral campaign punctuated by jibes about “childless cat ladies,” some might wish there were rules against mocking candidates based on their gender.