The beginning of Claudia Sheinbaum’s presidency in Mexico has been a very long time coming. Not solely was she elected in a landslide victory practically 4 months in the past, however the main elections that set her on a comparatively sure glide path to the nation’s highest workplace came about greater than a yr in the past. That has meant effectively over a yr of media protection, in addition to hypothesis amongst political pundits about what Sheinbaum’s document as mayor of Mexico Metropolis till final yr may inform us about what to anticipate from her as president.
A lot of the media focus has been on the historic nature of Sheinbaum’s presidency, as she is now Mexico’s first feminine chief. That may be a landmark achievement for the nation, and never one thing she has shied away from emphasizing in her marketing campaign and as president-elect: “It’s ladies’s time” has even grow to be her mantra. As Sheinbaum herself has famous, her success can be a testomony to Mexico’s gender parity guidelines for public workplace, which over the previous twenty years have quickly superior ladies’s political illustration within the nation.
Nonetheless, whereas the de jure advances are spectacular, illustration in workplace doesn’t robotically imply advances for gender equality in society writ massive. And girls in Mexico proceed to face persistent financial challenges, notably limitations to labor drive participation, and excessive ranges of violence.
