Mexico
Data on women
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Basic information > About parliament
Speaker
Speaker
Óscar Eduardo
Ramírez Aguilar
(Male)
Secretary general
Secretary General
Mauricio
Farah Gevara
(Male)
Notes
Additional information about the Secretary General, in particular regarding their term.
Appointed on 11 December 2018.
Members
Current number of members, by sex
Women
The number of female parliamentarians who currently hold seats in parliament.
Percentage of women
Calculated by dividing the current number of women by the current number of members.
Age
Average age of all members
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
Youngest member
Claudia Esther Balderas Espinoza (Female)
Oldest member (years)
Age at the time of the last election or renewal.
88
Oldest member
Hernández Ifigenia Martinez (Male)
Members for whom no data is available
IPU does not contain age and gender data for all chambers of parliament.
17
Total number of MPs, 45 years of age or younger
Total number of MPs, 46 years of age or older
Total per sex
Total of male
Total of female
Total per age interval
18-20
0
21-30
2
31-40
41-45
46-50
51-60
61-70
81-90
0
91 and over
Number of members, by age
| 18 - 20 | 21 - 30 | 31 - 40 | 41 - 45 | 46 - 50 | 51 - 60 | 61 - 70 | 71 - 80 | 81 - 90 | 91 and over | Totals per gender | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals per age interval | 0 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 28 | 22 | 9 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total <= 45: 30 | Total >= 46: 72 | ||||||||||
| Male | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| Female | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 44 |
Reserved seats and quotas
Electoral quota for women
Quotas to promote the representation of women in parliament.
Notes
Legislated candidate quotas
Elections > Election results
Results
Members elected, by sex
Number of men elected
65
Number of women elected
63
Percentage of women elected
The percentage is calculated by dividing the number of women elected in the election and the number of seats at stake at the election.
49.22%
Number of women after election or renewal, by mode of designation
Women Directly Elected
63
New legislature
Total number of men after the election
The total number of male parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
65
Total number of women after the election
The total number of female parliamentarians in this parliament/chamber following the election or renewal, regardless of their modes of designation.
63
First Speaker of the new legislature
First Speaker of the new legislature
First name of the Speaker of the new legislature following the election or renewal.
Martí Batres
Guadarrama
(Male)
Political party
National Regeneration Movement (MORENA)
Date of election
01.09.2018
Elections > Historical data on women
Women's suffrage
Women’s right to vote
Women’s right to vote
Year in which women obtained the right to vote
1947
National or local
Suffrage: National or Local
National
Restricted or unrestricted suffrage
Suffrage: Restricted or Universal
Universal
Women’s right to stand for election
Women's right to stand for election
Year in which women obtained the right to stand for election
1953
National or local
Stand for Election: National or Local
National
First woman in parliament
First woman in parliament
Year in which first woman entered parliament
1952
Specialized body - Women's caucus
Women's Parliament of Mexico (PMM)
(January 1998)
Formal or informal
Informal
Notes
Mexico's Congress does not have an in-house women's caucus, but Women's Parliament of Mexico (PMM) was established in 1998 and has convened annually since. The PMM was endorsed, by consensus and by all female members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate in the 57th legislature (2018), along with civil society organizations specialized in women's rights.
Activities
Issues dealt with by the caucus
The PMM aims to achieve gender equality in all areas in which women are active and works hand-in-hand with the Mexican Congress' committees dealing with gender equality. It has provided a space in which Mexican women have worked towards strengthening the legislative agenda from the gender perspective.
As a venue for dialogue between women legislators, academics and civil society representatives -- it is the most important nexus between Mexico's Congress and civil society. The PMM leads the exchange, analysis and proposals for gender mainstreaming in Mexico's legislation. As part of this initiative, on 25 August 1998, a Bicameral Committee was set up to debate and promote a national legislative agenda and public policies aimed at eliminating all forms of gender bias. The Bicameral Committee included Congress's Equity and Gender Committee, which organized and followed up on PMM agreements. This exercise is consistently renewed and evaluated in order to ensure respect for and protection of the human rights of all women.
As a venue for dialogue between women legislators, academics and civil society representatives -- it is the most important nexus between Mexico's Congress and civil society. The PMM leads the exchange, analysis and proposals for gender mainstreaming in Mexico's legislation. As part of this initiative, on 25 August 1998, a Bicameral Committee was set up to debate and promote a national legislative agenda and public policies aimed at eliminating all forms of gender bias. The Bicameral Committee included Congress's Equity and Gender Committee, which organized and followed up on PMM agreements. This exercise is consistently renewed and evaluated in order to ensure respect for and protection of the human rights of all women.