Mexico election: The two women frontrunners in the race for president both invoke gender and a cracking glass ceiling. So why are some feminists skeptical?
A Tijuana police officer imprisoned for killing her cop boyfriend shows how Mexico — struggling with femicides — reacts when a woman kills her abuser.but views Gálvez’s rhetoric as a way for her to gain recognition as an opposition figure.
But political experts point to Latin American leaders such as Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in Argentina; Michelle Bachelet in Chile; Violeta Barrios de Chamorro in Nicaragua; and most recently, Xiomara Castro in Honduras. And they note the gender parity laws across the region that led to more women entering politics.
Today, a woman heads the Supreme Court. Women hold eight of Mexico’s 31 state governorships and, in 2022, accounted for 25% of the country’s mayors.
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