The Role of the Electoral Court of the Federal Judiciary of Mexico in the Construction of an Inclusive and Parity Democracy

In the last twenty-five years, electoral justice in Mexico has contributed to the protection and effective exercise of women’s right to vote. From the judicial function, the right to be nominated by political parties and effective access to elected office has been strengthened. The Mexican Electoral Court has generated a relevant line of case-law on the right of women to vote, which has also been extended to the parity integration of political parties’ governing bodies. This text consists of two chapters. The first chapter describes the path of this protection, from the establishment of gender quotas in the electoral law to the constitutional reform on total gender parity. The second chapter develops the electoral case-law based on emblematic cases on this issue.