Administrations of rural municipal female presidents in Tlaxcala, México, 1992 to 2010, from the protagonists’ perception
Abstract
Representation of women in municipal governments barely
reaches 3% in México. The state of Tlaxcala stands out because the
percentage of women that have presided in municipalities exceeds
the national average, reaching 10% in 2005. In this document,
part of the results obtained in a study carried out in Tlaxcala
about the presence of rural women in municipal representation
positions is presented. The period covered was from 1992 to
2010, and we focused on 14 women who occupied the municipal
presidencies in municipalities of less than 20 000 inhabitants. The
fundamental objective was to rescue the experiences of municipal
presidents and former presidents during this period, to get to
know directly how they became involved in political life and the
strategies implemented by them during their administrations.
As part of the results, we found that the presidents in question,
in spite of finding themselves in situations of legitimate power,
face situations in which inequality and gender domination appear
as part of a discourse incorporated throughout life and widely
shared by both men and women, and expressed in the practices
and strategies that allow them to manage their administrations
successfully, in spite of everything.
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