La Presidencia de México en manos de una mujer

Abstract

Historically, Mexican women have been marginalized in the political scene, this situation has not changed much during the revolution or when the political system was established, since the process of creating public policies was clearly controlled by men. The first women activists, like the suffragettes, were middle class, they organized and fought in many ways: one of the first examples was the First Feminist Congress of Yucatán, in 1916, the main concern of this group was the right to vote, this was achieved until 1947, during the administration of President Miguel Aleman Valdés, that women obtained this right and to present ourselves as candidates in the municipal elections.

After Mexico became independent, Augustin de Iturbide was elected Emperor, since 1812 the first elections by vote had been held, and although the inhabitants could only elect parochial voters, that fact marked the transition to the democratic system, since the Imperial system was replaced by the democratic and presidential system in which, the people could elect their governors, in 1824, Guadalupe Victoria came to power, so, over time, one of the slogans that was most defended was that of “No reelection”, because presidents like Santa Anna were reelected even more than five times.

On January 31, 2014, the guarantee of parity between women and men in the candidacies for the Chamber of Deputies, Senate and State Congresses was raised to constitutional rank, therefore in article 41 of the Constitution, this reform establishes the following: “The political parties have the purpose of promoting tha participation of the people in democratic life, contributing to the integration of the organs of political representation and as citizens´ organizations, making possible their access to the exercise of political power, in accordance with the programs, principles and ideas that they postulate and though universal, free, secret and direct suffrage, as well as the rules to guarantee parity between the genders, in candidacies for federal and local legislators.

In history we have had great women who also challenged the power to govern nations and even carry out activities that are exclusive to “men”, such as: the queen of Asia Semíramis, Catherine the Great, Elizabeth I, Theodora the Empress, Joan of Arc, Marie Curie, Amelia Earhart and Ana Güezmes.