Claudia Sheinbaum’s landslide electoral victory over Xóchitl Gálvez on 2 June has transformed the former Mexico City mayor into the country’s first female president. Commentators have called her election a milestone in a country with a history of gender-based violence.
During the election campaign, Sheinbaum signed the Commitment for Peace, a set of suggestions formulated by the country’s Catholic Church and numerous civic organisations, produced after two years of debates with over 1,600 institutions.
