After Claudia Sheinbaum took the oath of office as Mexico’s president in October, a historic cheer filled the congressional chamber: “Presidenta! Presidenta!”
Claudia Sheinbaum, 62, is the first woman to preside over the nation—the world’s 12th-largest economy—in its 200-year history as an independent country. “Many of us were told a version of history since we were children, which wanted us to believe that the course of humanity was led only by men. But this vision has been reversed little by little,” she said in her inauguration speech. “It is time for women.”
Much of the world is not getting this message. While Sheinbaum debuts on the Forbes list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women at No. 4, several would-be peers have fallen from the list’s ranks over the year: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, once No. 3, lost her bid for the American presidency and is, for now, on her way out of power. Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen (formerly No. 30) left office in May, while now-former Slovakian president Zuzana Čaputová (previously No. 84) left office in June after deciding not to run for a second term.
“From philanthropist Melinda French Gates to Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum, the world’s 100 most powerful women command a collective $33 trillion in economic power and influence more than 1 billion people”.
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