
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo became Mexico's first-ever woman president on June 2 in a landslide victory where she garnered almost 36 million votes. Her overwhelming victory has been lauded internationally, as she will also become the first female leader of a North American country.
At home in Mexico, however, where more than 3,000 women were murdered last year alone, feminist organizations are skeptical of the incoming president's track record on women's rights.