Media Tip Sheet: Mexico Likely to Elect First Female President

It appears Mexico is on its way to possibly electing its first female president next June, ahead of the United States, after women won the primaries of the two leading political blocs. These primary wins highlight the overarching progress of women in political leadership positions in Mexico’s government. According to The Washington Post, a woman is chief justice of Mexico’s Supreme Court, women lead both houses of Congress, and women have made up 50 percent of the legislature since 2021, when Mexico became the largest nation to achieve gender parity.

Christina Fink is an associate professor of international affairs and director of the BA and BS in International Affairs Program at the George Washington University. Her areas of expertise include Burma/Myanmar in particular, Thailand, and Southeast Asia more broadly; the politics of development; equitable development, gender and social inclusion. In recent years she has contributed to the development of the GenderPro capacity-building and credentialling program run by GW’s Global Women’s Institute in partnership with UNICEF. Fink says the results in Mexico are very exciting and reflect how effective quotas for women in politics can be when combined with other supportive factors.

If you would like to speak with Prof. Fink, please contact GW Media Relations Specialist Cate Douglass at [email protected]. 

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