Mexico could get first female president in election on 2 June | BBC News

Claudia Sheinbaum is the current front-runner in Mexico’s presidential election - which would make her the country’s first ever woman to take on the role. With her closest rival, Xóchitl Gálvez, also a woman, and the only man in the presidential race a distant third, Mexico is almost certainly set to break centuries of male domination of the country’s highest office. In a nation with deeply embedded problems with machismo and sexual violence against women and girls, Sheinbaum says the fact that both leading candidates are women is a sign that Mexican society is evolving. On average, 11 women a day are murdered in Mexico. Subscribe here: For more news, analysis and features visit: #Mexico #Elections #BBCNews