Latin America Archives - Women's Agenda

Maduro

5 scenarios for a post-Maduro Venezuela — and what they could signal to the wider region

Donald Trump has said the US will ‘run’ Venezuela until a ‘safe, proper and judicious transition’ can take place. But that still leaves many options,

Mexico

‘It’s time for women’: Claudia Sheinbaum sworn in as Mexico’s first female president

Claudia Sheinbaum has been sworn in as Mexico’s first woman president, vowing to improve women’s rights and bolster the country’s economy.

Mexico is on track to elect its first female president. What will it mean for women?

Claudia Sheinbaum and Senator Xóchitl Gálvez are battling it out to become Mexico’s first female president.

Mexico abortion

Mexico’s supreme court decriminalises abortion

In a win for reproductive rights internationally, Mexico has decriminalised abortion nationwide removing it from the federal penal code.

women polticians

Women politicians more likely to reply to people who reach out in need, study shows

Across Europe and Latin America, new research shows women politicians are more responsive to constituents in need of help.