Women in Mexican Subnational Legislatures

Flavia Freidenberg is Full Professor at the Institute of Legal Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and MA in Latin American Studies, both from the University of Salamanca (Spain). She also holds a BA in Journalism from Taller Escuela Agencia and in Political Science from Universidad de Belgrano (Argentina). She is a member of the Mexican National System of Researchers (SNI), level II, academic coordinator of the “Observatorio de Reformas Políticas de América Latina” Project (funded by the UNAM and OAS), and founder and coordinator of the Red de Politólogas - #NoSinMujeres. Before joining UNAM, she researched and directed at Ibero-American Institute of the University of Salamanca.Karolina Gilas is Associate Professor at the Political and Social Science Department of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the UNAM and MA in Political Science from the University of Szczecin (Poland). She is a member of the Mexican National System of Researchers (SNI), level I, a member of the “Observatorio de Reformas Políticas de América Latina” and director of the “Representación simbólica de las mujeres en América Latina” Project (UNAM). Before joining UNAM, she held senior advising positions at Mexico’s Electoral Tribunal of the Federal Judiciary. She is a member of the Red de Politólogas - #NoSinMujeres.Sebastián Garrido de Sierra is Associate Professor at Mexico's Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), appointed to the Department of Political Science (DEP) and the National Laboratory of Public Policies (LNPP). He received his Ph.D. and MA in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is currently coordinating the LNPP's Data Science Unit and is a member of the “Observatorio de Reformas Políticas de América Latina”, at UNAM’s Institute of Legal Research. His research covers topics related to Mexican politics (elections, social movements), higher education (financing, control of public resources), transparency and the intersection between these three issues. He was an associate professor at UCLA and Visiting Researcher at the United States-Mexico Studies Center of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).Camilo Saavedra Herrera is Associate Professor at the Institute of Legal Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexicom(UNAM). He holds a Ph.D. in Government from the London School of Economics and an M.A. in Political Science from UNAM. His research covers topics on Mexican politics, comparative constitutional change and judicial institutions. He is a member of the “Observatorio de Reformas Políticas de América Latina”. Before joining UNAM, he held senior advising positions at Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice and National Electoral Institute.

• 1.Introduction.- 2.They Have the Seats, But Not the Power: The Argument.- 3.The Long and Winding Road to Gender Parity in Mexican Congresses.- 4. Why Do Some State Congresses Have More Female Legislators than Others?.- 5.How Do Women Exercise the Legislative Function?.- 6.How and Whom Do Women Represent in Legislatures?.- 7.Conclusions: More seats, more power? Evaluating the barriers in the exercise of the legislative function in Mexican Congresses.