Yesterday the eyes of the world were on Mexico as Claudia Sheinbaum was selected to represent Morena in 2024, making it the first time that two women will represent the major parties in a presidential election.

Xóchitl Gálvez and Claudia Sheinbaum, both engineers, both in their early 60s, will most certainly make for a fascinating race next year.

Here are seven interesting facts about female leadership in Mexico today:

1. While this is the first time that two women represent the major Mexican parties in a presidential election, it is not the first time that women have run for executive office. In fact, the country has had a total of six women candidates in its modern history, including the first in 1982 (Rosario Ibarra de Piedra), and the most recent (Margarita Zavala) in the 2018 elections. And another woman, PRI Senator Beatriz Paredes, was Xóchitl Gálvez’s rival for the Broad Front for Mexico (FAM) candidacy in 2024.

Read more at: https://mexiconewsdaily.com/politics/female-leadership-in-mexico-a-perspective-from-our-ceo/