Mexico has elected its first female president. Claudia Sheinbaum inherits a polarised, violent country looking for hope
- Written by: Luis Gómez Romero, Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
On October 17, 1953, constitutional reform granted women the right to vote in Mexico, and two years later, women cast ballots for the first time in a federal election.
Now, nearly 70 years later, Mexico has elected a woman president for the first time, according to an official quick count.
Claudia Sheinbaum, the former mayor of Mexico City with a...
