Since 2018, Congress has been split 50-50, and nine of 31 state governors are now women - up from only one woman state governor five years ago. SET IN STONEThe push that also saw Lopez Obrador opt for gender parity in his first cabinet has ushered in a broader shift that looks very likely to yield Mexico's first woman president next year. Carla Humphrey, an INE commissioner who has helped lead the charge for equal representation, said the watershed dates back to gender parity recommendations enshrined in law in the 1990s. They were buttressed by 2012 changes that meant parties could have candidates disqualified if the rules were not met. Since 2019, Mexico's constitution requires gender parity in all elected positions.

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Persons: David Alire Garcia, Clara Brugada, Omar Garcia Harfuch, Andres Manuel Lopez, Brugada, Garcia Harfuch, Violeta Vazquez, Rojas, " Vazquez, MORENA, Olga Sanchez Cordero, Lopez, Carla Humphrey, We've, Humphrey, Margo Glantz, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, Evelyn Salgado, Glantz, Salgado, Hurricane Otis, Dave Graham Organizations: David Alire Garcia MEXICO CITY, Mexico City mayoral, Regeneration, Mexico City, Senate Locations: Mexico, MORENA, Mexican, Oaxaca, America, Caribbean, Guerrero, Hurricane, Acapulco