Mexico will soon elect its first female president – but that landmark masks an uneven march toward women’s rights (theconversation.com)
from jeffw@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 13 Nov 2023 19:55
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PeleSpirit@lemmy.world on 13 Nov 2023 20:18 collapse

In other words, Mexico may have surpassed many countries – including the U.S. – in promoting women to political leadership positions, but it still hasn’t shed its stigma of machismo and its history of authoritarianism.

I mean, have you looked around the US lately? We’re not exactly going in the right direction in either fronts.