January 4, 2013
Mexican Women’s Coalition Pushes for Reform, Creates “Toolkit” for Advocacy
Mexico
July 15, 2012
Mexico: Women Secure a Third of Mexican Parliament
Female candidates are poised to occupy an unprecedented third of the seats in Mexico’s bicameral parliament when preliminary results for the Jul.1 election are confirmed.
May 30, 2012
Women Politicians from Mexico Advocate Change
The demographics of Mexico make the gender imbalance in politics even more striking. While women are a small minority in government, they constitute the majority of the population in many parts of Mexico.
May 30, 2012
Abortion Legalised in Mexico City
Lawmakers voted 46 to 19 in favour of the bill that will permit abortions of pregnancies in the first 12 weeks.
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May 30, 2012
New International IDEA Resource
30 Years of Democracy: Riding the Wave? Women’s Political Participation in Latin America. “Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in high heels.”
May 30, 2012
Mexico: In Mexico, Refusing to Take Men for an Answer
A woman watches over tortillas cooking in her home in Santa Maria Quiegolani, Mexico. Being a woman isn’t easy in this poor rural village where Zapotec is the native language and most girls are lucky to complete grade school. In some of the country's rural towns, women have no voice and no vote.
May 30, 2012
Mexico: Long Lagging in Gender Equality, Nominates First Female Attorney General
Following the resignation of Mexico's attorney general Thursday, Marisela Morales was quickly nominated to fill the post. Michelle Obama recently lauded her 'unfailing drive.
May 30, 2012
Mexico party selects first woman presidential candidate
Mexico's governing conservative party has for the first time selected a woman candidate to run in the country's presidential election.
April 25, 2011
Future Women Mayors’ Academy Kicks Off in Mexico
Mexico’s gender quota system has made a significant difference for women seeking election to the Mexican Congress. In the last 15 years, the percentage of seats occupied by women has increased from 10 to 26 percent.