The Mexican government did not grant women the right to vote in national elections — or the right to hold public office on a national level — until Oct. 17, 1953.
Now, almost 71 years later, for the first time two women are leading the race to be Mexico’s next president: Claudia Sheinbaum, who is the front-runner, and Xóchitl Gálvez.
But they have been cautious about lingering too long on women’s issues in their campaigns, conspicuously tiptoeing around abortion and reproductive rights, seemingly out of deference to conservative voters.
Neither candidate has put forth a strong agenda to serve the women who put them where they are today.
To be fair, male candidates have not historically been required to present their agenda for women either.
Persons:
Claudia Sheinbaum, Xóchitl, machismo, Sheinbaum, Gálvez, Felipe Calderón, Andrés Manuel López Obrador
Locations:
Mexico, U.S