Breathe
By Fátima Masse
If presidential debates were boxing matches, in this first debate the ones knocked out were the women.
As of October 2024, Mexico will have its first female president. However, it is worrying to think that on Sunday none of the candidates was able to present a robust strategy to stop the violence that 70% of Mexican women have suffered throughout their lives. violence that 70% of Mexican women have suffered throughout their lives..
Claudia Sheinbaum is the one who has so far the best chance of becoming president.. Unfortunately, she decided to use misleading data to try to show a country where violence against women has decreased. In her speech she said that femicides dropped more than 40%, a figure that according to the analysis of Animal Politico is false because it was calculated by contrasting different months of the year. The annual data show a drop of 8% nationally and an increase of 29% for Mexico City, both during the period 2018-2023.
