What It’s Really Like to Be a Female Candidate in Latin America
Women running for office still face barriers almost unimaginable to men, but innovative tools can help.
This article is adapted from AQ’s special report on closing the gender gap When entering public life, Jessica Ortega — a Mexican politician with the Movimiento Ciudadano party and a mother — repeatedly faced the same question: Can she really be these two things at the same time Her private life became a public matter to many around her, including both party colleagues and opposing forces “Women like me, who have decided to participate in the political life of our country but who have also decided to have children and start a family, are socially stigmatized,” Ortega told...
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