Political Representation and Gender Equality in Mexico

"This is a fascinating edited volume that uniquely draws on the expertise of Mexican academics and grassroots activists to explore the positive and negative effects of institutional reforms to promote gender equality in Mexico."

• Leslie Schwindt-Bayer, Professor, Rice University, Houston, US

"Political Representation and Gender Equality in Mexico does what no other collection has done. By bringing not only academic voices to a discussion of women's political representation in Mexico, but also the invaluable insight of practitioners and grassroots activists, this volume provides a holistic understanding of Mexico's journey to gender equality."

• Magda Hinojosa, Professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, US

"This timely and important collection brings together Mexico's leading scholars and activists working on gender and politics. Vidal-Correa's excellent and well-edited volume is required reading for everyone interested in LatinAmerican politics."

• Jennifer M. Piscopo, Associate Professor, Occidental College, Los Angeles, US The field of gender and politics has continuously grown, becoming more interdisciplinary and engaging with issues, context and people from all around the world. Because of this, new emerging approaches and studies challenge embedded notions, ideas and preconceptions of how the world is meant to be studied and understood. This is particularly true for studies on women and their engagement in political affairs. How should institutions conceptualize women in order to advance rules and mechanisms that favor women? What roles do representatives have on the making of gender equality? When women are legislating, which are the consequences of the approved legislation?

Fernanda Vidal-Correa is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Universidad Panamericana, Campus Mexico. She is currently Dean for Research in the School of Communication.

Auteur

Fernanda Vidal-Correa is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Universidad Panamericana, Campus Mexico. She is currently Dean for Research in the School of Communication.

Texte du rabat

The field of gender and politics has continuously grown, becoming more interdisciplinary and engaging with issues, context and people from all around the world. Because of this, new emerging approaches and studies challenge embedded notions, ideas and preconceptions of how the world is meant to be studied and understood. It is particularly true for studies on women and their engagement in political affairs. How should institutions conceptualize women in order to advance rules and mechanisms that favor women? What roles do representatives have on the making of gender equality? When women are legislating, which are the consequences of the approved legislation?

Contenu

Part I: New Ideas and Approaches to Study Gender Equality. - Chapter 1. Introduction: Political Representation and Gender Equality in Mexico (Fernanda Vidal-Correa). - Chapter 2. The Politics of the Subject in the International Legal Framework that Protects Women's Political Rights (Juan Iván Martínez Ortega). - Chapter 3. Dialogic Feminisms: A methodological approach towards guaranteeing the rights articulated in constitutional regimes (Eunice Arias Arias). - Part II: Contesting Political Representation: Women's Substantive Representation in Mexico. - Chapter 4. A Gender Perspective or a Family Perspective: Exclusionary or inclusive frameworks (Diana Ibarra Soto). - Chapter 5. Building a Democracy with a Gender Perspective: Mexico's judicial path towards equality (Gema N. Morales Marti nez). - Chapter 6. Perspectives on Parity in Mexican Federal Legislators, 2009-2021: Gender, ideology and party affiliation (Monica Montaño Reyes and Cristian Márquez Romo). - Chapter 7. Women's Substantive Representation in Legal Bills: Classifying and applying them to the Mexican case (Sergio A. Bárcena Juárez, María Fernanda López Díaz de León and María José de la Peña Sánchez). - Chapter 8. Feminist Agendas and Substantive Equality: From the politics of presence to legislative political transformation (Lorena Vazquez Correa). - Chapter 9. Gender-based Political Violence: Regulatory demand and multilevel legislative harmonization in Mexico (Flavia Freidenberg and Karolina Gilas). - Part III: Contesting Women s Substantive Representation In Mexico: Grass-roots and Advocacy Communities Perspectives. Chapter 10 The Role of the Mexico City Congress in Advancing Gender Equality (Alicia Guadalupe Luna Salazar). - Chapter 11. Participation and Representation of Women's Demands during Indigenous Consultations: A study of the National REDD+ Strategy consultation processes in Puebla and Veracruz (Carolina Sthephania Muñoz Canto). - Chapter 12. Regulatory limitations for guaranteeing women an education free of violence: The case of the Action and Intervention Protocol against Gender-based Violence at the Autonomous University of Querétaro (Ana Karen Rodríguez Ballesteros). - Chapter 13. Transnational policy transfer and the gender-based violence agenda: Contributions from civil society (Adriana Ortiz Ortega and Anel Ortiz). - Chapter 14. The Olimpia Law: The beginning of a legal framework that addresses digital violence (Laura Vidal)