Mexico's president proposes constitutional reforms for gender equality

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, who took office this week as her country's first woman leader, announced a package of reforms on Thursday aimed at bolstering women's rights in a country with some of the world's highest levels of gender violence. On her second full day in office, Sheinbaum said her government had proposed reforms that aim to articulate and broaden women's rights, including a constitutional guarantee of equal pay for equal work. In Mexico, women make 65 pesos for every 100 pesos a man earns, according to the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness think tank, citing data from the national statistics agency. The reforms also seek to guarantee freedom from violence and to require gender parity in government cabinets at the state and federal levels. The plan involves modifying six articles of the Constitution and seven secondary laws, changes that will likely be approved in both houses of Congress, where the governing party Morena and its allies enjoy large majorities.
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