State Congress Commemorates the “Centennial of the Right to Vote of Women in Chiapas”

+ Today we recognize the struggle and determination of all those women who opened the way for the political participation of women in Chiapas and Mexico. TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Chiapas; May 22, 2025.- The Nineteenth Legislature of the State Congress commemorated the Centenary of the Right to Vote of Women in Chiapas, recognizing the struggle and determination of all those women who opened the way, facing a harsh reality, for the political participati…

Elections 2021Photo: Isaín Mandujano On May 11, 1925, the interim governor César Córdova, promulgated Decree number eight, which entered into force in the same year, in which the political rights of the Chiapas women were recognized, to vote and be elected, from the age of 18. Professor Florinda Lazos León, originally from San Cristóbal de Las Casas, was elected local deputy in 1926. To recall this event, the collective “Feminist Agenda” and dep…