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Earlier this month, the Mexican president, Claudia Sheinbaum, was greeting citizens on the streets of Mexico City when a man groped her and tried to kiss her. A video of the incident quickly spread around the world.
Estefanía Vela Barba, an activist for women’s rights, tells Annie Kelly that while the president’s assault was shocking, Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries in the world to be a woman. The pair discuss the policies around women’s safety that Sheinbaum has subsequently announced and the importance of cultural change as well as legal reform.
Ann Deslandes, a reporter based in Mexico City, then outlines the criticism Sheinbaum has faced from feminist movements in the country to date, the deteriorating security situation in Mexico that the president has pledged to improve, and the close relationship between cartel violence and women’s safety.
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