Women in Contemporary Mexican Politics

Table of Contents


Opening and Welcoming Remarks....Peter Ward

Introductory Remarks....Victoria E. Rodríguez

Keynote Speaker....Ann Richards


Session One: The Context: Women in Politics Worldwide, Women in Mexican Politics

Chair Peter Ward

Supermadre Revisited....Elsa Chaney

Women, Development and Democracy....Patricia Galeana

Women in Politics: Global Perspectives....Kathleen Staudt

Women in Power in Mexico: The Forgotten Heritage 1880-1954....Carmen Ramos

Women in Contemporary Mexican Politics....Victoria E. Rodríguez

Session One: Summary of the Discussion and Debate


Session Two: Women in Politics: In Government, in Political Parties, and in the Electoral Process

Chair Victoria Rodríguez

Women and Men, Men and Women: Gender Patterns in Mexican Politics....Roderic Ai Camp

Breaking Barriers: Women's Achievements in the Mexican Political Arena....Olga Alvarez

Participación política, género y democracia....Silvia Gómez Tagle

Mujeres en el espacio local y el poder municipal....Alejandra Massolo

"De la A a la Z": Una experiencia de pluralismo feminista en Mexico....Marta Lamas

La condición femenina y los medios de comunicación....Sara Lovera

Session Two: Summary of the Discussion and Debate


Session Three: Women in Political Life

Chair Kathleen Staudt

Ten Theses on Women in Political Life in Latin America....Joe Foweraker

Everyday Struggles: Women and Urban Popular Movements in Mexico....Vivienne Bennett

La construcción de organizaciones no gubernamentales de mujeres y la transición a la democracia....María Luisa Tarrés

Soldaderas contemporáneas: Las mujeres de los ONGs....Beatriz Padilla

Doing Something for Our Communities....Gloria Zafra

Las mujeres panistas de Tijuana....Lilia Venegas

Mujeres campesinas y pariticipación social....Josefina Aranda

Session Three: Summary of the Discussion and Debate


Session Four: Roundtable Discussion: An Agenda for the Future of Women in Mexican Politics and Political Life

Moderator Sara Lovera

Session Four: Summary of the Discussion and Debate


Biographical Information

Directory of Conference Participants