Mexico Writes a New Chapter for Women's Rights
Mexico's historic gender-equal legislature champions women's rights. Reforms like the “Three of Three” bar abusers from power, while tax-free menstrual products ease financial burdens. New laws combat obstetric, digital, and dating violence.
The grumblings of an older Mexico still echo – a world where women were barely seen, their voices muffled within political discourse. For decades, they were the forgotten protagonists in the nation's narrative, victims of a system that perpetuated inequality and discrimination.
But change, like dawn, always arrives. On September 1, 2021, a beacon of progress burst onto the scene—Mexico's LXV Legislature emerged fully equal. This was no small feat; for the first time, women held half the seats, 250 female legislators walking side-by-side with 250 of their male counterparts. The LXV boldly painted a new image, becoming known as “the Legislature of parity.” An image truly reflective of Mexico where women constitute an undeniable 52% of the population.
